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Tip leads to sex offender in Hobbs
Updated: Thursday, 04 Oct 2012, 4:50 PM MDT
Published : Thursday, 04 Oct 2012, 4:50 PM MDT
HOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) - Hobbs police arrested a convicted sex offender accused of stealing an SUV with a 1-month old baby aboard in Amarillo, Texas.
Allen Compton, 38, spotted the SUV left running and unattended outside a convenience store last week, according to Texas authorities.
The vehicle was found about an hour later at an Amarillo hotel. The baby was still inside and unhurt.
Police received a tip that Compton may be in the Hobbs area. He was quickly found in and arrested on a charge of charged with child endangerment.
Hobbs police also learned he was wanted in California for violating parole stemming from an indecent-exposure conviction.
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