Crime & Safety

Level 3 Sex Offender Seen with Young Girl, Runs Away from Police

A level 3 sex offender, who had not checked in with his probation officer, was found in N. Attleboro with a 7-year-old girl.

North Attleboro Police apprehended a level 3 sex offender, Patrick Wright, 42, who was allegedly walking with a 7-year-old girl, a violation of his probation. 

Wright, who was convicted of rape and abuse of a child in 1990, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and rape of a child with force in 1998, plead innocent on charges that he failed to register as a sex offender.

He allegedly ran away from the police. A State Police helicopter and dogs were used to locate Wright Wednesday. He was arrested and appeared before an Attleboro District Court judge Thursday, where he was held on $5,000 bail or $50,000 surety, the Sun Chronicle reports.

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