Grayslake Police Look for Missing Sex Offender

Grayslake police believe a convicted sex offender who cut off his home-monitoring bracelet and disappeared is suicidal but not a threat to the public.

Howard M. Sebring, 57, left his home in the 300 block of West Main Street in Hainesville on June 30.

Sebring was last seen that afternoon walking west on Route 134 toward the railroad tracks, Police Chief Phil Perlini told the Daily Herald. He’s 6-foot tall, 150 pounds, and was wearing a dark button-down work shirt and blue jeans. Perlini said Sebring may harm himself.

Four years ago, Sebring was convicted of failing to update his sex-offender registration. Most recently, he was on home monitoring because police found him within 1,000 feet of a school zone. He was convicted in 2004 of criminal sexual abuse of a child younger than 10 years of age.