Homeless sex offender banned from campus is arrested

The homeless sex offender banned from the university campus was arrested Monday in Linwood, Pa., according University Police Chief Patrick Ogden.

After university police issued a warning about Scott O. Bancroft, a citizen in Pennsylvania recognized Bancroft’s photo in a newspaper and called police.

Bancroft, 27, is awaiting extradition to Delaware to face charges for failure to register as a sex offender, Ogden said. The charges will likely come from the Delaware State Police.

Earlier this month, university police warned students to be on the lookout for Bancroft, who is known for attempting to sleep in computer labs and the Morris Library.  He has been arrested on campus at least three times, the most recent in January.

“He’s been hanging around campus for the last couple years,” Det. Stephen Smith said last week. “When it’s cold out is when we usually see him.”

Bancroft is registered as a sex offender in Delaware and Maryland due to a 2007 conviction in Maryland for third-degree unlawful sexual contact with a minor under 16. He is also known to use drugs, university police said.

Ogden said there is no evidence Bancroft has been on campus since the alert was issued.

 

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