A JUDGE ordered a man who admitted molesting a boy to post signs around his home and on his car confessing that he is a sex offender.
The homemade signs reading "A Sex Offender Lives Here" are posted on all four sides of Leroy Schad's white house in his central Kansas town of about 150 people.
As part of the order, his car is now emblazoned with bold yellow lettering reading "Sex Offender In This Car."
The 72-year-old, who has lived in the town since 1971, was originally charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy in 2005.
In March last year, he was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, and the original charges were dismissed.
District Judge Ron Svaty ordered him to position the signs as part of his punishment as well as house arrest and five years probation.
Schad is now appealing the order which forced him to post the signs a few months ago.
He said: "I know that I deserve something for that, but I don't think I deserve what I got."
Warning ... the signs around the home
Svaty declined to comment on his ruling and cited Kansas rules of judicial conduct.
Helen Pedigo, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission added: "I'm sure there is nothing specifically that says a court may sentence in this manner, but I think that the court has latitude in terms of the conditions it sets."
Schad's neighbour Pete Witt said the offender does not create any problems for him.
"We have a lot more troubles with drugs in this town than we ever did with Leroy Schad," he said.
Schad admitted that he molested the boy but denied the other allegations.
He said he took the plea deal to spare the children the ordeal of facing court and could have faced three years in jail.
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