By Daily Press staff
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica police are keeping an eye out for a registered sex offender who is prohibited from entering the city’s borders.
In April of 2005, Richard Francis Gibbons was seen on several occasions loitering in the area of the 1100 block of Stanford Street, Santa Monica, where numerous juveniles live. When neighbors confronted Gibbons, he fled in a burgundy Ford Bronco.
Earlier this month, the SMPD was contacted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Gibbons’ release.
Gibbons is currently on parole for molestation. Special conditions of his parole include: He is not to enter either Santa Monica or El Segundo, not to have any contact with minor children, not to be within 100 yards of places where children congregate (schools, parks, etc.) and he is to adhere to a curfew from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Gibbons is a Registered Sex Offender and is said to be drawn to elementary school-age children, particularly girls. He is a white male, 53 years of age, six-foot, one-inch tall, weighing 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes (wears glasses). His last known address was in Culver City.
Anyone who spots Gibbons is asked to call the Santa Monica Police Department at 310-458-8491.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 1, 2006. Read the original PDF.