Convicted sex offender arrested in Pike County school pickup line

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Sex Offender List File / Missing Person Case

PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)- In Pike County, a convicted sex offender was found in a school pickup line, which is against the law.

Dispatchers say 74-year-old Richard Bartley was in the parent pickup line Monday afternoon.

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Court records show he was convicted of sexually abusing and raping three children.

Bartley was reportedly waiting to pick up a student, but sheriff’s deputies don’t think anything bad happened, but he was still charged for violating the restrictions on where convicted sex offenders can go.

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Veronica Jean Seltzer
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