Day care owner employed convicted child sex offender

A 61-year-old Finksburg man who hired a convicted child sex offender to work in his day care center continues to operate a day care center and after-school programs in elementary schools in Carroll County.

In 2001, William Cunningham hired James A. Gregory, 61, of Baltimore, to work at the Westminster day care center Rainbows and Reasons, which is now closed. At that time, Gregory was a fugitive wanted on parole violation in Washington state, according to court records obtained by The Examiner. Gregory had been sentenced to nearly four years in prison but was paroled and placed under court supervision, records state. He had been missing from supervision in Washington state since April 1993, according to court records.