Report: Convicted sex offender attempted to enter homes at Mt. Pleasant neighborhood
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Published: Jul. 9, 2014 at 11:56 PM EDT|Updated: Jul. 9, 2014 at 11:58 PM EDT
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (WCSC) - Investigators say a 35-year-old convicted sex offender is behind bars after he attempted to enter occupied homes in a Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
The Mount Pleasant Police Department arrested Corwin Maurice Alston on Wednesday and charged him with peeping tom second-offense and second degree burglary.
Police say the charges stem from a series of attempted entries into occupied homes in the Charleston National neighborhood.
According to police, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office has also served a warrant on Alston for failing to register as a sex offender.
Alston was locked up at the Charleston County Detention Center.
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