NEWTON, N.C. (WHKY) – 39-year-old Fred Allen Lovelace, who is listed as homeless, was arrested today (September 18) by Catawba County Sheriff’s Officers. He’s charged with four counts of sex offender on child premises and one count of failure to report new address as a sex offender.

According to court records, Lovelace was allegedly on the premises of an apartment complex on 2nd Street Place NE near Hickory Career & Arts Magnet High School. He’s a registered sex offender as a result of convictions in 2005 in Catawba County for second-degree rape and in 2017 in Cabarrus County for indecent liberties with a minor.

Lovelace was incarcerated in the Catawba County Detention Facility under $350,000 bond. A Monday (September 21) District Court date was scheduled in Newton.