OAN Staff Blake Wolf
4:01 PM – Sunday, February 2, 2025
New Jersey law enforcement officials have launched a manhunt for a “repetitive compulsive” sex offender who escaped from a transport van in Newark.
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25-year-old Nicholas Voutsas escaped from custody on his way to University Hospital on Thursday around 9 a.m.
Voutsas is listed as a Tier 2 sex offender according to the state registry, placing him at “moderate risk” of re-offending, meaning that local schools and daycares will be notified.
“As a result, the initial investigative agency, the New Jersey Human Services Police Department, charged Nicholas Boutsas with escape,” the police stated in a press release. “He was last seen in the area of University Hospital near South Range Avenue and Bergen Street in Newark, Essex…
