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An American Pedophile in Ladyville
posted (September 19, 2019)

This morning in Ladyville, police picked up a fugitive pedophile from the US state of Kentucky.60 year old Lad Duane Ottofy, came to Belize in January, and had been living under the radar in an apartment - directly in front of the village police station.  

But, he was on the run from four counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of first-degree sexual abuse on a victim under age 12, one count of second-degree rape and one count of second-degree sodomy. And all the crimes were allegedly committed against minors between November 2017 and December 2018.

This morning before 8:00 police Special Branch accompanied by US Federal Agents attached to the US Embassy went to the apartment complex to arrest him.  The US authorities were there to check his documentation for rapid return to the states where there is a warrant waiting for him. He is now in police custody and they hope to have immigration serve him with an expulsion order so he can be out of Belize in 48 hours.

Of course the concern for the Ladyville community is what this child abuser may have been up to while in Belize of the past 8 months. That's a question for which there are few answers at this time. We are told he was known to move around in a van and occasionally on bicycle.  

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