Bob Kasarda

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.

He is charged with a felony count of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender and was jailed on a $50,000 cash bond, records show.

The owner of Growing Kids Childcare Center said anyone entering the facility is registered as a pickup person and is never left unattended.

Vega was convicted in 1999 in Texas on a charge of indecency with a 12-year-old female and again in 2024 in Lake County on a charge of

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