Posted: 06/13/2012
A 12-year-old girl says a neighborhood sex offender promised her lemonade if she came home with him from the pool.
The girl's mother tells 7 Action News her daughter was playing with her older sister at their subdivision's pool last Sunday when it happened.
We're told the man, who was convicted of criminal sexual conduct level two, then threatened the girls when they refused his offer.
The sisters ran home and their mother immediately reported the alleged incident to police. An investigation is ongoing.
The sex offender has not been charged with a crime.
Click here to for more information on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry.
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