OMAHA, NEB. (WOWT/Gray News) – A convicted sex offender previously sentenced for violating the registry at least four times was arrested after police said he broke into a Nebraska home, removed his clothes, went into a sleeping child’s room and pinned them down.
Lavern Scott, 65, was arrested on Friday, April 24, and charged with attempted class two felony, burglary, and failure to register as a sex offender.
Lavern Scott (Omaha Police Department)
Officers with the Omaha Police Department said they were called to an apartment for reports of a burglary and child abuse around 1 a.m. Residents said a man entered through the front door, which was unlocked, took his clothes off, and got into a sleeping child’s bed.
The child, police said, woke up and screamed for a family member. The man, who was later identified as Scott, then allegedly pinned him down. He was “escorted” out of the home by a family member.
Police said they received another call from an Airbnb, the residents reporting that he went inside and claimed it was his home.
Criminal history
Scott was first put on the sex offender registry in 1987 for first-degree sexual assault. He was listed under the aliases “Cookie Monster” and “Cookie X” on the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry.
In those almost 40 years, he was convicted of attempted first-degree sexual assault and violating the sex offender registry in 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024.=
He faced other charges in Nebraska, according to records. There, he was convicted three times of indecent exposure and six times of trespassing.
Officers reported that when he was found on Friday morning, he was only wearing socks.
Scott was issued a $1.25 million bond.
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