Seven of State’s Most Wanted Sex Offenders Have Been Captured

Since releasing the list of Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders in Massachusetts earlier this week, Mass State Police and other law enforcement agencies have captured seven of those on the list.

The most recent arrests were on Wednesday.

The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section (VFAS) South Team arrested Robert C. Smith, 53, in Roxbury on Wednesday. The arrest came after an investigation by a trooper of the VFAS South Team.

He was wanted for distribution of cocaine and other drug violations near a school/park. Smith has been charged on two occasions for failing to register as a Level 3 sex offender and he “continues to violate his obligations as a Level 3 sex offender,” said State Police.

Smith was convicted in a 1988 indecent assault and battery case in which he forced his way into a woman’s bedroom and sexually assaulted her. He was also convicted of indecent assault and battery in 2002 when he sexually assaulted another woman.

State Police arrested Smith with the help of Boston Police detectives and U.S. marshals.

The second arrest on Wednesday was by the New Jersey State Police, which arrested George A. Smith. Massachusetts State Police received information that Smith was on a bus in New Jersey.

New Jersey State Police and U.S. marshals conducted a traffic stop of the bus and arrested Smith.

Smith had two outstanding warrants for failing to register as a sex offender.

Smith was convicted of rape in 1978 after a violent sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in Boston. He reportedly grabbed her around the neck and dragged her to the roof of a housing project where he raped her. He was given a 12-year state prison sentence for the attack.