A man who was caught peering into the windows of a sorority house at the University of South Florida (USF), early one morning and provided cops with a false name, turned out to be an absconded sexual predator from Illinois, University of South Florida police said.
Police said, about twelve days ago, (May 6), a suspect, was seen in an unlit area, peering into one of the lower windows of the Kappa Delta sorority house at the University of South Florida. When confronted by police, the suspect identified himself as, Francis Patrick Nelson, who said he was looking for someone.
Nelson, who was not able to provide the last name or other contact information for the person, was arrested for the charge of loitering and prowling. He was not able to provide a viable address, investigators said. Nelson was transported to the Hillsborough County Jail and booked on a $250 bond.
As Nelson remained incarcerated, police continued their efforts to verify his identity through fingerprint comparisons.
On May 13, the University of South Florida Police Department was notified that the suspect, Nelson, was not Francis Patrick Nelson, but instead, Jeremy Steven Cary, 27, an absconded sexual predator from Knox County, Illinois.
Cary faces an additional charge of obstructing an officer through providing a false name to law enforcement. He is currently being held in Hillsborough County Jail awaiting extradition by U. S. Marshals.
