Police search for sex offender who allegedly approached teenager in Marshfield – NBC Boston

A registered sex offender is currently being sought on suspicion of approaching and following a teenage girl while she was jogging in Marshfield, Massachusetts, when she refused his offer of a ride home.

Marshfield police said this happened Tuesday night in the Humarock neighborhood. When the teen declined the ride, the man followed her until she ran away, police said. Officers later caught a suspect and identified him as Edmund David Lachance Jr.

Lachance is a registered sex offender, police said. According to the Sex Offender Registry Board, he was convicted of rape in 1991 and of rape and indecent assault on a person 14 years of age or older in 2001. Police said after their first interaction with him, officers learned he is also accused of failing to register his new address when he moved, which is required by law. Scituate police have a warrant for his arrest.

Lachance was last seen driving a black Lincoln Zephyr with Massachusetts license plate 4NWY15. He lived on Hawthorne Street in Scituate, police said.

Police are asking anyone who sees Lachance or his vehicle to call them immediately.