SPRINGFIELD — An 18-year-old man accused of attacking a woman on a Clark County bike path is a convicted sex offender.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, Adam Humphreys, 18, allegedly attacked a woman around the Simon Kenton Trail and Mitchell Boulevard on May 30.
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According to a previous News Center 7 report, the victim was able to get away but suffered bruises and scratches from the alleged attack.
Humphreys appeared in a Clark County court Friday morning on attempted rape, kidnapping and strangulation charges.
His sex offender status comes from a conviction in juvenile court; therefore, it was not public.
Zack Breslin has lived at Sherman Avenue and Elm Drive in Springfield for the last six months.
News Center 7′s Lead Investigative Reporter John Bedell showed Breslin a picture of Humphreys’ mugshot.
“No. I really never seen him,” Breslin said.
He had no idea the convicted sex offender was living right next door.
“Yeah, I didn’t know there was one nowhere in the neighborhood,” Breslin said.
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Bedell checked the state’s public sex offender registry, but Humphreys’ name and address did not appear.
Court documents revealed that officers said Humphreys is a registered sex offender because of a rape conviction in Shelby County juvenile court one week before his 16th birthday.
Lieutenant Kristopher Shultz supervises the Clark County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Registration Unit.
“They are continuously and constantly in the community making unannounced door knocks and checks on housing and registration,” Shultz said.
Shultz told the I-Team that registration requirements are based on the date of conviction.
“Even though he is 18 now, at the time of his conviction, he was a juvenile. And so, the law in place at the time did not specify that he had been subject to a community notification -- a mandatory community notification,” Shultz said.
Shultz confirmed that Humphreys informed the sheriff’s office that he was moving to Clark County.
Since then, he’s stayed compliant with mandatory registrations, according to Shultz.
If Humphreys is convicted for his most recent charges, he will have to register on the state’s sex and violent offender registries.
We will continue to follow this story.
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