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Published: 2012-08-01 09:10:00
Updated: 2012-08-02 05:41:34

Posted: August 1, 2012
Updated: August 2, 2012

Deputies: Baby sitter allowed sex-offender boyfriend to live with her

Yvonne Monroe, Theodore Brazell

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Fayetteville, N.C. — A 52-year-old Fayetteville woman was arrested after authorities said she allowed her boyfriend, a convicted sex offender, to live with her while she ran a baby-sitting business inside her home.

Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday that Yvonne Monroe's boyfriend, Theodore Brazell, lived with her at 5110 Utile Road during the time she took care of two children and advertised her baby-sitting services on Craigslist.

Brazell, 56, is the former police chief of Southern Shores in Dare County. He was convicted in 2006 on three counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor, according to the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry. 

He was in the Cumberland County jail Wednesday morning under a $170,000 bond for failing to change his address in the state's sex offender registry. He will be in court on Aug. 16.

Monroe was charged with baby-sitting while harboring a known sex offender and will make her first court appearance on Aug. 12.

A spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office said the two children in Monroe’s care were not harmed, but deputies are continuing to investigate whether more children were in the home during the time Brazell lived there.

Copyright 2012 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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by the way.. all the babysitter had to do was google his name. it is there all day long. She should have went to ncdoc.com if you have a record in nc, it is there.
gabewilliams12
August 2, 2012 7:11 p.m.
@onelove when I read that part about a former police chief, i spit my sprite all over the floor. If she has a day care business, and it is legal, she knew good and well that he could not be there. I wouldnt date a known child molestor anyway.
gabewilliams12
August 2, 2012 7:00 p.m.
"he is a former police chief" ---- SHUT UP! REALLY? good gosh.
Click to view my profile OneLove
August 2, 2012 3:26 p.m.
FYI: THEODORE HIGUERA BRAZELL Race: W Sex: Male Eyes: BROWN Height: 5'8 Hair: GREY OR PARTIALLY GREY Weight 219 lbs. Age/DOB: 1/8/1956 Offense or Statute Offense/Statute: INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR Date Convicted: 22 March 2006 ***Collected from this official state registry website ***

GOOGLE IS OUR FRIEND!!!
Click to view my profile TipTip
August 2, 2012 3:22 p.m.
Don't know where you people are getting your info, but he is not a sex offender for peeing in public!!! The reason he is in fact a sex offender is cause he had indecent liberties with a minor. He also failed to change his address when he moved which is a violation
knomelove
August 2, 2012 3:07 p.m.
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