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Attention turns to admitted pedophile

06:12 PM PDT on Monday, July 30, 2007

By ROB PIERCY / KING 5 News

Jack McClellan doesn't like getting all this attention

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - An admitted pedophile who took pictures of little girls in Western Washington and posted them online is getting a taste of his own medicine.

KING 5 aired a series of reports on Jack McClellan when he lived in Arlington. Later, he moved to Southern California saying he was tired of the media pressure. But the scrutiny has followed him there.

The day our report aired, McClellan packed up and moved to Southern California where he got right back to work, visiting family events around Los Angeles and blogging them on his Web site.

After attending an event in Santa Monica last week, police there did something law enforcement here would not – they posted his picture online telling parents to call them if they see him watching children.

"They are there to serve and protect, and that's exactly what they're doing: They're protecting these citizens," said Ron Tebo, who lives in New York and has launched a Web site in McClellan's name saying the admitted pedophile is a ticking time bomb.

Tebo has also posted McClellan's picture.

"It's about time that we move forward now and protect children," he said.

Just this weekend, the New York Times published a front page story on McClellan. He told the paper that parents are beginning to recognize him and he fears for his safety.

McClellan has also publicly stated that he may file suit against the various groups that have posted his picture online.

Ron Tebo says he's not the least bit scared.

Legal scholars and law enforcement agencies all say Jack McClellan has done nothing illegal and that's why, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, they never issued his picture.

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