Pinehurst Police Arrest Sex Offender
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Pinehurst police arrested a registered sex offender Thursday after he was spotted at Cannon Park in the village.
Capt. Floyd Thomas said an off-duty Aberdeen police officer recognized Thomas James Brewer Jr., 30, of Southern Pines, at a youth baseball game at Cannon Park on May 12. The officer told Brewer that he wasn’t supposed to be at the game. The off-duty officer then notified Pinehurst police. Brewer had left the park by the time police arrived.
Police consulted with the probation and parole office, the sheriff’s office and the district attorney’s office before proceeding. State law prohibits registered sex offenders from being on the premises of, or within 300 feet of any place intended "primarily for the use, care, or supervision of minors."
Police obtained a warrant and arrested him at his home and charged him with unlawfully being on a premises. He was taken to the Moore County jail and held under a $25,000 secured bond. Thomas said Monday he has a June 3 court appearance in District Court.
Thomas said that Brewer told police he was at the game to watch a friend's children play.
According to the state’s sex offender registry, Brewer was convicted of indecent liberty with a minor in 2007.
"If you're a known registered sex offender, you need to abide by your probation and parole requirements," Thomas said.
Thomas encouraged residents to be proactive about learning where sex offenders live in their area. He said they can do so by looking at North Carolina's Sex Offender Registry, and can sign up for e-mail alerts when an offender moves nearby.
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JCR262 2 years, 12 months ago
What a creep! I often view the NC sex offenders website to see who is out there. As a mother, these kinds of people are my worse fear! When my husband and I bought our first house, we used the website as a guide where not to buy. I wish the NC sex offender website would specify how old the victim was. There is a big difference between a 65 year old man with a 5 year old and a 21 year old with a 17 year old, although both are bad. Other state sex offender websites, like Texas give this kind of information. Creeps like these often recede and I hope this guy has a roomate named Bubba who takes care of him.
Amazed 2 years, 12 months ago
according to the Moore County Detention center list of current inmates...this guy is not in the jail right now. Who would bond out this schmuck??
http://www.moorecountync.gov:81/dcn/
Amazed 2 years, 12 months ago
and here's a link to him on the sex offender registry.... http://sexoffender.ncdoj.gov/details.aspx?SRN=014392S7
fwanko 2 years, 12 months ago
If this guy was convicted just back in 2007, what is he doing on the streets so soon.
Amazed 2 years, 12 months ago
because sex offenders get slaps on the wrist and sent home under the guise of 'supervised intensive probation' because they will get killed in jail. Even criminals have a code and they hate people that mess with children.
Amazed 2 years, 12 months ago
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jmw 2 years, 12 months ago
please consider that this person has family in the Pinehurst area who are also dealing with this. Just because an arrest was made doesn't mean that there couldn't have been a misunderstanding and in no way does this article provide enough details for anyone to make a judgment. None of us know what happened in 2007 and he was just arrested for being at a park. that is all. you may want to consider the fact that you don't know what happened before jumping to conclusions. I understand the need to protect children but if you take a look at the other side of the situation and the implications that an article like this can have on a persons life I think you will see that more details are necessary before dragging this persons name through the mud.
Amazed 2 years, 12 months ago
yup mine got removed because I named another local sandwich shop that employs a sex offender as well...
Amazed 2 years, 12 months ago
@ jmw jumping to conclusions? ok, sorry for the Brewer family...sorry that they raised a scumbag that is on the REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER'S SITE that is attending local ball games to watch children!
JCR262 2 years, 12 months ago
JMW, where the justice systems fails to give harsh enough sentences, the community (and society) jumps in and shuns the person, making up for it. If he didn't want this type of treatment he should have kept his hands off innocent kids!
recondo 2 years, 12 months ago
Jcr. Im a former LEO And If you think the community and Society shuns these guys you should see what the other inmates do to them inside the prison. I say offer them a choice serve their full prison term as rendered by the court or after a period of time served offer parole but with chemical castration as a mandate. i think you would see the repeat offender rate drop and hopefully it would send a message to the would be first time offenders as well