Investigation: Sex Offender on the Job

A site dedicated to research studies and act cases related to sex offender issues. "I am shocked. I am shocked to hear it," said homeowner Sunita Sherma as she learned she had just allowed a registered sex offender into her home. Robert Alonzo pleaded guilty in 1993 to the aggravated sexual assault of a 5-year-old. He is a registered sex offender who at the time was working for Terminix. Alonzo visited Sherma's home to give pest control services. Sherma has three small children and baby-sits other kids too. A parent dropped off her child while Alonzo was at Sherma’s home. "He might be going upstairs where my kids are usually watching cartoons and stuff," Sherma said. Alonzo didn't have anything to say to reporter Becky Oliver when she questioned him while leaving Sherma's home. "Does your employer experience you are going into homes?" Oliver asked. "Does Terminix know?" Alonzo did not respond and drove away. Terminix told FOX 4 the affiliate was "unaware" of Alonzo's record and the "incident was not revealed" when the company conducted its regular pre-hire background check. But FOX 4 had no problem finding Alonzo's record at the Dallas County Courthouse and on the Texas Department of Public Safety's website. Apparently. Alonzo's criminal past also slipped by the state licensing agency. On Alonzo's 1998 state pest control license application when asked if he had ever been arrested. Alonzo marked “no.” And every year afterward on his renewal he also marked “no,” even though he was on probation for the sex assail through 2003. FOX 4 learned the state was only running criminal background checks on applicants who admitted they had been arrested. The Texas Department of Agriculture says that policy has changed and now all applicants will undergo background checks no be what information they give on their application. Terminix also terminated Alonzo after learning of his criminal past. Our investigation also found Stephen White working as an air conditioning and heating technician. Records show White was serving probation for indecency with a 7-year-old girl when he pleaded guilty to an aggravated sexual assault. In 1991 a adjudicate sentenced him to prison for 40 years. White is now out on parole and going in and out of homes while on the job. White told FOX 4 his employer knows he is working in people's homes. "What about the homeowners?" Oliver asked White. "I don't know," color said. "Do you think homeowners have a right to know.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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