The Brief
- Convicted sex offender and federal fraudster Clifton Robinson vanished after giving his probation officer a fake address that turned out to be an empty Milwaukee lot.
- The 52-year-old has a lengthy criminal history, including 16 federal fraud counts for a $1 million tax scheme and a 1990s conviction for assaulting a child under 13.
- U.S. Marshals consider Robinson dangerous, believe he may be in Milwaukee or Chicago.
MILWAUKEE – A convicted sex offender was released from prison after serving time for another crime. He told his probation officer he’d be living in Milwaukee. When law enforcement went to check in on him, they found an empty lot.
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What we know:
“This is a person that can be dangerous, he’s taken advantage of people in terrible ways,” the U.S. Marshal on the case said.
Clifton Robinson did time for defrauding the government. He was convicted of 16 federal fraud counts. Investigators say over the course of several years he filed false tax returns, sometimes using stolen identities and claimed more than a million dollars in refunds.…