Bob Kasarda

VALPARAISO — A registered sex offender is accused of entering a Valparaiso daycare/preschool multiple times with his children, despite his restrictions as a sexually violent predator, according to a newly filed charging document.

Valparaiso-area resident Samuel Vega, 45, initially denied the allegations until being presented with video evidence to the contrary, Porter County police said.

"Vega stated that he didn't know he couldn't be there," police said.

He is charged with a felony count of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender and appeared to remain in custody early Thursday at the Porter County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond, records show.

Police say they received a tip July 6 that Vega was seen going into the Growing Kids Childcare Center at 3400 N. Campbell St. every

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