Police catch sex offender searching school trash

State police said the man, whose name wasn't immediately released, was arrested this week at his home in Wakefield.

Troopers began investigating the man following a Nov. 20 report that he was rummaging through trash at the Wakefield-Marenisco schools' campus. Police said they determined that the man went through the large trash bins on a weekly basis.

He was being held at the Gogebic County Jail and is facing a charge of being a registered sex offender loitering in a School Safety Zone. If convicted, he could be sentenced to jail time.