Crime & Safety
Resident's Call Leads Authorities to Sexual Predator's Whereabouts in Seffner
John Randolp Boblitt had failed to register his new location after leaving a small trailer behind a Seffner residence that had been sold to new owners. He was found late Aug. 5 and taken into custody without incident.
A man wanted for failure to comply with sexual predator registration has been found in Seffner, the same day a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
John Randolph Boblitt, 44, reportedly was living in a small travel trailer behind a residence at 408 Chastain Road in Seffner.
The home was sold to new owners and Boblitt left the trailer without alerting authorities ot his new location.
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported Aug. 6 that Boblitt was found the day before, at around 11:40 p.m., at 3118 Buttercup Street in Seffner.
"Apparently a neighbor saw Boblitt featured on the evening news and contacted" authorities, according to the sheriff's report.
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Boblitt was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Hillsborough County Jail.
Boblitt was convicted in Hillsborough County, in 1996, of sexual battery on a minor younger than 12, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
"We are very strict on these cases," said Detective Larry McKinnon of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. "We need to know where these people are living and what they are doing, so he can't move into a neighborhood without the people there knowing who he is."
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