Police: Sex offender was working at traveling carnival on Cape Cod

[Ian David]

BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A man who was working at a traveling carnival on Cape Cod has been taken into custody on dozens of outstanding warrants.

Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Johnson of Worcester is also accused of failing to register as a sex offender. He's scheduled to appear today in Barnstable District Court.

Police say Johnson gave the carnival operators a fake social security number when he applied for the job. When the company did a criminal records search, it did not discover Johnson's arrest record.

Police say Johnson has 52 outstanding warrants dating back to 2002 in Worcester Superior Court, on charges ranging form church vandalism to larceny.

Officials say Johnson had been working since Wednesday at the carnival outside the Cape Cod Mall.

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Carnival worker arrested on 52 warrants

June 29, 2007

HYANNIS — A carnival hand with 52 outstanding warrants was arrested yesterday by the Barnstable police.

The police found Matthew Johnson, 24, of Worcester, at the Fiesta Shows Carnival, where he has been working since the carnival opened Wednesday. The carnival runs until Sunday on the Route 28 side of the Cape Cod Mall.

Johnson has 52 warrants issued from Worcester Superior Court dating to 2002, according to the police. His charges range from church vandalism, malicious destruction of property, burglary, tagging, larceny and breaking into a motor vehicle.

He is also a registered sex offender, according to police.

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[glowing]

1. Wonder if he was caught by some teen girl's daddy who didn't want

his little girl corrupted... His list of achievements make him seem more like a bad boy.... but you never know. The article doesn't differentiate.... FEAR THE CARNIVAL FREAKS, AND HAVE A HAPPY 4TH.

[Breeze54]

2. Or raped??? He's a Level 3 sex offender!

Level 3 Sex Offender - Detail Flyer

Friday, June 29, 2007 - 4:26pm

http://sorb.chs.state.ma.us/ResultDetail.asp?btn16513=Detail

Name JASON MATTHEW JOHNSON

Classified Level 3

Age 24
Race W
Sex M
Height 509
Weight 180
Hair Color BLN
Eye Color HAZ

Pursuant to M.G.L. C. 6, §§ 178C - 178P, the individuals who appear on the following
notifications have been designated a Level 3 Sex Offenders by the Sex Offender Registry Board.
The Board has determined that these individuals have a high risk to reoffend and that the
degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a substantial public safety interest
is served by active community notification.

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Glad to hear this piece of shit is off the streets!