Sex Offender Arrested for Allegedly Being at Elementary School

Sex offender arrested for allegedly being at elementary school

COLUMBUS, Ind. — A serious violent sex offender was arrested after he was allegedly seen at an elementary school in Columbus. Officers were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of suspicious activity on an unrelated incident, according to the Columbus Police Department. While looking into the tip, investigators gathered information that Philip Vennie, 43, was living at a home that is within 1000 feet of a neighborhood school. On Tuesday officer…

Three Arrested During Sex Offender Investigation

Three local people have been arrested and preliminarily charged with felonies as a result of a Columbus Police Department investigation into a sex offender living near an elementary school. CPD received a tip of suspicious activity at a home in 200 block of S Brooks Street. While looking into the tip, Investigators discovered that the resident Phillip Vennie, a known serious violent predator, was prohibited from living at the house because it is…