TRENTON, N.J. (1010 WINS) — New Jersey State Park Police are asking for the public's help amid a manhunt for a convicted sex offender who may be hiding in or near state forests, officials said Wednesday.
Theodore Blackson, 34, is wanted for allegedly violating conditions of his parole after he was released from a state prison in April.
Authorities said Blackson tends to frequent Wharton State Forest, Bass River State Forest and "often camps in wooded areas" along the Batona Trail.
"He is known to frequent the Batona Trail, camping anywhere from Carranza Road in Tabernacle [Township] to Bass River State Forest in Bass River [Township]," police said in their Facebook post. "In the past, this also [included] parts of Wharton State Forest."
Blackson is 5'11 inches tall, weighs 210 pounds and usually wears a green camouflage jacket.
In 2010, Blackson and another man were sentenced to 8 years in prison after getting a teenage girl drunk in the dugout of a Little League field in Magnolia and sexaully assaulting her.
He was released in January 2015, but was sent back for a year starting in February 2018, according to Department of Corrections records. He had since been sent back two more times, until he was last released on April 4.
Anyone who spots Blackson is asked to call Park Police at 877-927-6337.
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