Ohio sex offender arrested while hitchhiking on I-75 in Sumter County - Villages-News.com

Ohio Sex Offender Arrested in Sumter County

A 61-year-old sex offender from Ohio, Bobby Ray Blackburn, was arrested in Sumter County for failing to register in Florida.

According to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, a deputy spotted Blackburn hitchhiking on Interstate 75 in Oxford on Thursday around 1:30 p.m.

Blackburn was convicted of criminal sexual assault involving a child on April 5, 1991, and had warrants out of Georgia and Ohio for failure to appear for DUI.

He had been convicted of criminal sexual assault involving a child on April 5, 1991.

Author's summary: Sex offender arrested in Sumter County.

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