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By Lookout Staff
August 6 -- Jack McClellan
-- a self-described pedophile
photographed in Santa Monica
by police -- was ordered by
a judge Friday to stay at least
30 feet away from anyone in
California under the age of
18.
The sweeping order issued by
Superior Court Judge Melvin
Sandvig prohibits McClellan
from following, stalking or
hitting a minor or loitering
around a minor.
The order also bars McClellan
-- who photographs young girls
in public settings and posts
the pictures on the Internet
-- from doing so without parental
consent.
Anthony Zinnanti, one of the
two Santa Clarita attorneys
who obtained the temporary restraining
order, served McClellan at LAX,
where he had boarded a flight
to Chicago for a scheduled television
appearance, according to press
reports.
"He was on an airplane
and we managed to get him off
the airplane and jam him with
it," Zinnanti told the
Washington Post by
telephone from the airport.
According to the report, McClellan
“accepted the order nonchalantly
and got back on the plane.”
McClellan, who said he did
not find out about the court
hearing in time to attend, told
the Associated Press that the
court order was an unconstitutional
restriction of his rights.
The judge scheduled an August
24 hearing at the Chatsworth
courthouse to further discuss
the matter.
McClellan, who drove to the
Los Angeles area after angry
parents and intense media scrutiny
drove him from Washington State,
was spotted at the Santa Monica
Main Library nearly two weeks
ago.
His picture was taken by police
at a local Taco Bell and posted
in The Lookout. (see
story)
McClellan, who is not a registered
sexual offender and is not wanted
in connection with any crime,
ironically objected to his picture
being circulated.
Since arriving in Southern
California, McClellan, who is
unemployed and lives in his
car, has triggered a furor across
the region.
Parents have posted sightings
on the Web and reported his
whereabouts to police.
This weekend, McClellan told
AP that he would never actually
molest a child and that his
intentions have been misunderstood.
"I guess there is some
small chance maybe someday I
might be able to get some sort
of friendship with a girl and
maybe then I might worry would
I cross the line," he said.
"But right now, no. There's
no doubt in my mind I wouldn't."
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