Judge denies bond in child enticement case

A judge denied bond for a 36-year-old man after he was accused of trying to entice elementary school children into his van as they were walking home.

WFXL-TV reports that police charged Kenneth Kellam with enticing a child for indecent purposes, attempted child molestation and failure to register as a sex offender on Monday after he was spotted near Northside Elementary School. He made his court appearance on Thursday.

A convicted sex offender in Hillsborough, Fla., Kellam faces additional charges of criminal attempt to commit aggravated sodomy and false imprisonment after police found suspicious items when they searched his van.

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Information from: WFXL-TV, http://www.wfxl.com/