Freed Killer, Child Molester Richard Dobeski Arrested At Indy Library

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Convicted murderer and child molester Richard Dobeski was arrested at the Indianapolis Central Library on Thursday.

Dobeski, 67, served nearly 40 years in prison for stabbing and strangling two children – ages 3 and 6 – in 1964, when he was 16.

He was released on parole in 2003, and then later went back to prison for molesting a boy in Westville in 2007.

He was released last Thursday from prison in Northwest Indiana after serving his sentence on the molestation conviction.

The details surrounding his arrest were not immediately available, but Dobeski had seven days to register as a sex offender or face going back behind bars.

The Marion County Sheriff's department tweeted a photograph of Dobeski behind led away from the library, 40 E. St. Clair St., in handcuffs.

Thursday was the deadline.

Since his release, authorities had been tracking Dobeski's movements.

Based on his criminal background, police had said Dobeski would commit another crime.

"Yes, I think he's a danger to the public," Lt. Todd Bulls of Long Beach Police told WSBT 22 last week. "He's a sex offender and evidently he doesn't have any regard for human life."

He had traveled by bus to Indianapolis after his prison release.