Police: Adult Sex Offender Posed As Boy

This is an undated file photo released by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 showing Neil Havens Rodreick II, 29.A convicted sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools brought home children that had joined a skateboarding club he started in the northern Arizona town of Payson, police said. None of the children said they had been victimized, authorities said Friday Feb. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Yavapai County Sheriff) (AP)

PHOENIX -- A convicted sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools brought home children that had joined a skateboarding club he started in Payson in northern Arizona, police said.

None of the children said they had been victimized, authorities said Friday. But in a Yavapai County Sheriff's Office report, a girl accused 29-year-old Neil Havens Rodreick III of grabbing her buttocks at a charter school in Prescott Valley, 90 miles north of Phoenix.

It was unclear whether the girl's claims are related to an assault charge against him.

Rodreick was arrested last week when school officials at a charter school in nearby Chino Valley questioned his true age, the authenticity of his birth certificate and other enrollment documents.

During his two years in Arizona, records show Rodreick enrolled in four charter schools posing as a 12- or 13-year-old. Authorities said Rodreick shaved and wore pancake makeup to help him appear younger, convincing teachers, students and administrators that he was a young boy named Casey.

"I observed stubble through his makeup. I told Rodreick 12-year-olds don't usually have a mustache," Sgt. Luis Huante wrote in the report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

Police Sgt. Tom Tieman said Rodreick lived in Payson for six to eight months in 2005 and 2006. While living there, he started a skateboarding club, Tieman said.

He said Rodreick recruited members for the club at a skate park popular with teenage boys.

Several children between the ages of 13 and 17 joined the club, officials said. On several occasions, two or three of the boys went to the trailer where Rodreick lived to discuss club matters.

In all, Tieman interviewed 12 children who either interacted with Rodreick as club members or as friends of club members. Although Tieman said all of the children and their parents were "disturbed" to learn Rodreick's true age and background, he said none of the children said they had been victimized.

"As it stands right now, I have no crimes," Tieman said.

Tieman said he believes the man began the club as a way to find potential victims.