Bill Clinton’s Rhodes Scholar buddy, Mel Reynolds, the sex offender who was convicted in 1995 by an Illinois jury on two counts of solicitation of child pornography, three counts of criminal sexual assault, three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and four counts of obstruction of justice, is in the news again.

Seems he has been living near a school–Salem Christian Academy–for the past four years in violation of a state law that prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 500 feet of a dense concentration of children.

Reynolds, 53, has lived at the home on the city’s South Side since 2001, according to public records.

Authorities discovered that Reynolds was living near the Salem Christian Academy when he checked in with police as part of a mandatory annual visit. New computer software identified the problem last month after comparing his address to nearby schools, day-care centers and playgrounds, Bayless said.

Fancy new software is great, but what took the Chicago PD so damned long to figure out where Reynolds was living if it has been a matter of public record for four years?!

Update: Check out this Snopes entry about Reynolds.

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