Sex offender violates parole

Man sentenced to 10 months for contact with autistic 5-year-old

October 22, 2016 at 4:43 a.m. | Updated October 22, 2016 at 4:43 a.m.

by Lynn LaRowe

A convicted sex offender was recently sentenced to more time behind bars for having contact with a 5-year-old, autistic chld.

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Lilburn Burns McCrea, 58, was under an order for lifetime supervision by federal officials because of a 2008 conviction for failing to register as a sex offender by a federal judge in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas. McCrea was convicted of rape in 1992 involving an 11-year-old girl, according to federal court records. In 1994, McCrea was convicted of lewd molestation in Cimmaron County, Okla., for fondling a 5-year-old boy.

"McCrea threatened the boy with a knife if he told anyone about what had happened," according to court records. "The defendant has reported that in the past he had a sexual interest in males age 5 and under as well as a sexual attraction to females of all ages, including those 5 and under."

In 2007, a federal grand jury indicted McCrea for failing to register as a sex offender after relocating from Oklahoma to Fouke, Ark. In September 2008, McCrea was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

McCrea appeared with Texarkana lawyer John Pickett before U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey in Texarkana's downtown federal building on a petition to revoke his supervised release. Hickey asked McCrea if he had contact with a neighbor's 5-year-old, autistic grandson in violation of a condition of his release that he have no contact with minors under 18.

McCrea admitted the allegation. Hickey sentenced McCrea to serve 10 months in federal prison with credit for time served. Upon release, McCrea will be supervised by federal authorities for life. If he fails to comply with his supervised release conditions, McCrea could be ordered to serve more time in federal prison.

 

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