USA - SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO PURCHASE A CHILD FOR $100,000

Hellmuth Kolb a 85 year old man from Port Orange in Florida, has been arrested after trying to purchase a child in a Winn-Dixie supermarket. Kolb is reported to have followed Lauren Benning and her young daughter out to the parking lot, and offered $100,000 cash in exchange for the young girl.

The police have confirmed that they did arrest an 85-year-old man on Aug. 16, 2022, after he attempted to buy an eight-year-old girl in a local Winn-Dixie store.

Kolb is said to have approached them both, and began asking her questions about her daughter. Initially she thought the man was lonely however, when he continued to follow them both into the parking lot she became more concerned.

Benning has said 'He just came up, and he started making comments about how pretty she was and how good her dancing was and how he could never have children, and he wanted children'. He is then alleged to continue, 'Hey, I want to make a deal with you. I'd like to buy her for $100,000.'


Understandable the offer is said to have left Benning in complete shock. Before things turned sinister bystanders intervened to help Benning, it is reported that Kolb laughed at them. Police arrived at the scene and found Kolb sitting on a bench outside the store. When questioned by the police Kolb about why he tried to purchase the child, he allegedly responded, 'We all like kids.'

Worryingly this is not the first time Kolb has attempted such a thing. In a Facebook post the police confirmed the incident with Benning and advised that they were able to confirm through his Probation Officer that Mr. Kolb is currently on probation for similar issues, and he is not to have any contact with minor children.

Kolb, has been confirmed as a registered sex offender and on probation for a similar charge from 2018, when he attempted to purchase a different child. The previous incident involved Kolb grabbing a young girl at Walmart, kissing her wrist, and offering to buy her for $200,000. It was reported that at the time, Kolb had been watching the girl and her mother sitting on a bench and began bidding for the child. The mother declined and tried to leave with her daughter, which is when Kolb then grabbed the girl's arm. He was sentenced to five years of probation for battery and false imprisonment.

His most recent attempt distinctly violates the terms of his current probation which states that he is as forbidden to have contact with minors other than family members or to go into large stores without supervision. Kolb had filed for early termination of his probation before his arrest, but this has not yet been approved by a judge, he's now being held without bond.

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