Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sex offender arrested at Lombard Middle School

A convicted and registered child sex offender was arrested Thursday night while she was attending a spaghetti supper at Lombard Middle School.

Merita A. Smith, 34, 960 S. Seminary St., was arrested at the school at 1220 E. Knox St. at about 6:30 p.m. on three outstanding warrants including purchase of a meth precursor, failure to report change of address as a sex offender, a failure to appear warrant on a theft charge and a $120 body attachment.

Friday morning, police charged Smith with presence within a school zone, a Class 4 felony offense punishable by one to three years in prison.

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