Judge Says No Bond For Man Who Is Accused Of Enticing Children

Mentor Municipal Court Judge John Trebets decided that Kevin Gallagher -- the Mentor man into the woods and threatening to sexually assault one of them -- will no longer be allowed out on bond.

He was initially released on bond after he was arrested earlier this month on charges of enticing children and aggravated menacing. At the time, Trebets put him on house arrest and ordered him to wear a GPS anklet

However, Gallagher, 53, is .

Mentor Police received calls saying that Gallagher has been outside in his neighborhood on at least two occasions. Furthermore, Gallagher has not been charging his anklet so there have been times it has not functioned, according to the GPS company that monitors him.

Gallagher's attorney, Public Defender Mandy Gwirtz, told Trebets that Gallagher has not left his home during his house arrest and asked that bond be continued during a hearing Monday morning.

Trebets decided that Gallagher should not be allowed to have bond. Consequently, he will remain in jail.

"I feel he did not follow the instructions of the court," Trebets said during the hearing.

Gallagher when four children, ranging in age from six to 10, were playing near a wooded area on Noble Court in the Western Reserve condos.

Gallagher was in the woods. He told the children he was looking for his cell phone and asked for their help, police said.

The kids agreed. Then Gallagher suggested they split up to cover more ground. He took one 8-year-old boy with him while the other kids looked elsewhere.

The boy urinated while in the woods and Gallagher watched him, police said. Then Gallagher took off his shirt and began to take off his pants.

The boy later told police that Gallagher threatened to rape him, police said. However, Gallagher told police that he told the child he wasn't going to rape him.

Meanwhile, the mother of two of the children noticed the kids had left the hose on. She went outside and called for the kids, including the 8-year-old boy.

They all ran back to the woman and told her what had happened. She called police who later found Gallagher at a friend's nearby house and arrested him.