bernard jones is already a registered sex offender, convicted of doing the same thing that he is now accused of. police say it's a good reminder that you can take advantage of decide who you let around your kids. benard jones is now locked up, accused of molesting a 3-year- old girl. police say jones is dating the child's mother and that he went into the toddler's bedroom late last night and started performing oral sex on her. neighbors say they're outraged jones, a registered sex offender, was living on their block without their knowledge and that he would violate a child again. >> innocent kid, you don't mess around with kids like that. >> reporter: the girl's mother caught jones in the act and screamed for help. her teenage son came in and the two tackled jones, who then bit the teen in the stomach. but jones got away, running down the street and hiding at a friend's house until officers arrived to arrest him. jose saying that he would have reacted the same way. >> i would take him and rip him apart. >> reporter: police say it's assaulted another child after being convicted of ass

. >>> bernard jones, the man you see here is waking up behind bars this morning. jones, a registered sex offender is in jail accused of a sexually assaulting a 3-year-old. st. petersburg police tell us his girlfriend caught him assaulting her daughter. she called her teenager son for help. jones then attacked the teen and ran off. >>> now to your vote. democrats hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders will take center stage for a debate tonight in new hampshire after a tight race in iowa, clinton and sanders will go head to head all in front of new hampshire voters. a two-hour debate is scheduled to take place at the university coverage of the debate begins at 89 p.m. on the sister station, ms -- 8:00 p.m. on our sister station, msnbc. >>> it is 5:36. an 8 on your side alert this morning. you need to hear this before you start to file your taxes and right now, the irs is experiencing major computer problems and is having trouble accepting tax return s. this is one of our most popular stories on wfla.com. the agency hopes to get everything works again later toda

. >>> bernard jones, the man you see right here on your screen is waking up behind bars this morning. jones, a registered sex offender is in jail accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old. st. petersburg police tell us his girlfriend caught him assaulting her daughter. she called her teenager son for help, jones then attacked the teen and ran off. >>> it is 4:35 on this thursday morning, now to your vote. democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take center stage for a debate tonight in new hampshire, of course, after a tight race in iowa, clinton and sanders will go head to head in front of new hampshire voters. the two-hour debate will take place at new hampshire coverage begins at nine on our sister station. chuck tide and rachel madow will moderate. >>> republican field is lighter this morning. kentucky senator rand paul and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum are now out of the race for the white house. both candidates had disappointing showings in. iowa caucuses. santorum is endorsing marco rubio. >> i wanted somebody who has experience in this area and so that

bernard jones is a registered sex offender from a crime, a conviction actually of an underaged girl, the age of 12, the exact same thing that he is accused of right now. jones is dating the mother of the victim in this case. he allegedly went into the child's bedroom late last night and started performing oral sex on the toddler. the 3-year-old's mother caught him in the act and screamed for help. her teenage son rushed in and tackled jones who allegedly bit the teen. but jones was able to get away, running down the street and hiding at a friend's house until officers arrived to arrest him. neighbors are disturbed that a registered sex offender living there on their street. >> he should be locked up where he belongs. especially if he did it before. >> reporter: now, this time jones is charged with battery for a child under 12 and aggravated battery. in court jones told the judge, quote, these are just allegations. reporting live in pinellas county, kera mashek for the new tampa bay. >>> making rape legals. the men's activist group believes in the proposal so much that they are holdin

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. >> when we met bernard jones at the miami-dade county jail, the aspiring rapper was anticipating arlfriend. he had been incarcerated nearly four years while appealing a life sentence for armed robbery. >> what's your best moment of the week here? >> it's hard for me to say that because i have a problem keeping my hands off my areas. the best moment of the week is when i can get me a visit. so i can see a little something because it gets hard in here. i get tired of seeing men every day. so when i get chance to see a beautiful woman -- can't look at the officers too much. that's against the rules. if she is beautiful, i ain't even got the right to tell her, you're beautiful, how you doing? i got to wait to see something of my own. tell her you're beautiful. that's when i get my moment on thursdays and saturdays. thursdays and saturdays. >> well, i think the visit means a lot for him, because if i don't come or no one don't come, he's going to be mad. >> bernard's girlfriend angela has only know him behind bars. it turns out they had met four months earlier on a blind date of sorts.