MONROE, Fla. – Homeless men with secrets riding a bicycle around the Conch Republic and wondering around mangrove forests near U.S. Highway 1 are not uncommon. But very few make the news.
Convicted rapist and child molester Robert Childs' wears a state-provided ankle monitor, said a Foreign Policy reporter who met with him on March 2015. The story's headline: "To Catch The Devil."
Childs is the son of a U.S. Marine, according to the story. He is from Seattle and found refuge in Key West, after an experience as an FBI informant in a terrorism case. He had hoped the FBI would help him have his criminal record expunged. But they didn't.
Due to the nature of their crimes, The Florida Department of Law Enforcement keeps track of Childs and many other transient convicted sex offenders and sexual predators who have found refuge in the tropical oasis.
Use the map to track residential clusters of sex offenders
As Florida law restricts where sex offenders can live, FDLE data analysis shows the registered population that is not homeless is creating dangerous clusters in poverty-stricken neighborhoods.
Chart lists Monroe County cluster: ZIP Code 33037
First name | Last name | Status | Registered address |
| Todd | Alexander | Predator | 117 Point Pleasant Dr. Apt 3, Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Miguel | Soto | Predator | 321 Mahogany Dr., Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Julio | Martinez | Predator | 816 Narragansett Lane, Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Yosuany | Ibanez | Offender | 11 Buttonwood Dr., Key Larto, ZIP code 33037 |
| Scott | Pennington | Offender | 101640 Overseas Hwy Lot 11, Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Ryan | Steele | Offender | 1115 Calder Road, Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Robert | Paddock III | Offender | 101551 Overseas Hwy Lot 42, Key Largo, ZIP Code 33037 |
| Raymond | Ferro | Offender | 14 Rainbow Dr., Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Oscar | Navarrete | Offender | 60 Snapper Ave., Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Nelson | Baldomero | Offender | 18 Cindy Pl, Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Michael | Williams | Offender | 34 Ave. A, Key Largo, ZIP code 33037 |
| Matthew | Noe | Offender | 930 Tropical Ln, Key Largo, FL 33037 |
| Mario | Jimenez | Offender | Absconded: Guilty of sex battery on a child |
| Manuel | Perez | Offender | 314 Windley Rd, Key Largo, FL 33037 |
| Luis | Rodriguez | Offender | 120 Cocoplum Dr., Key Largo, FL 33037 |
| Kevin | Brush | Offender | 1105 Calder Rd, Key Largo, FL 33037 |
| Kenneth | Dorn | Offender | 156 Ocean Shores Dr, Key Largo, FL 33037 |
| Joseph | Burke | Offender | 104400 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037 |
| Joseph | Fargnoli | Offender | 916 S Jade Dr, Key Largo, 33037 |
| Jose | Armenteros | Offender | 22 Judy Pl., Key Largo, 33037 |
| James | Lemon | Offender | 181 Ocean View Dr., Key Largo, 33037 |
| Hector | Diaz | Offender | Absconded - originally from Erie, Pa. Last registered in Monroe County in jail Jan. 19, 2015 |
| Gustavo | Acosta | Offender | 101961 Overseas Hwy., Key Largo 33037 |
| Guillermo | Garcia | Offender | 150 W Avenue A., Key Largo 33037 |
| Francis | Mercede III | Offender | Absconded - Last registered with law enforcement Nov. 4, 2014 |
| Donald | Wood | Offender | 1525 Shaw Dr, Key Largo 33037 |
| Derek | Williams | Offender | 561 Palm Dr, Key Largo 33037 |
| David | Powell | Offender | 29 Rose Pl, Key Largo 33037 |
| Craig | Vanness | Offender | Absconded - originally from California last registered April 27, 2015 |
| Christopher | Langles | Offender | 65 Bahama Ave, Key Largo 33037 |
| Charles | Soderman | Offender | 95350 Overseas Hwy Lot 5, Key Largo 33037 |
| Bryan | Richardson | Offender | 109 First Ave, Key Largo 33037 |
| Adam | Gibbs | Offender | 838 Spoonbill Ln, Key Largo 33037 |
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