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AdvertisementMan arrested one day after anonymous email surfaced about killing of sex offenderHide TranscriptShow TranscriptSTATION. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 AT NOON STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. JOHN: A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER IS DEAD, AND RIGHT NOW AND OMAHA PUBILC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES IS IN JAIL FOR THE HOMICIDE. GOOD MORNING, I’M JAMES WILCOX. EARLIER THIS MORNING OMAHA POLICE ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF 43-YEAR-OLD JAMES FAIR BANKS. HE’S BEING HELD ON A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. POLICE SAY 64-YEAR-OLD MATTIEO CONDOLUCI WAS FOUND DEAD NEAR 43RD AND PINKNEY. POLICE SO FAR ARE NOT SAYING WHETHER FAIRBANKS IS CONNECTED TO AN ANONYMOUS EMAIL SENT TO LOCAL MEDIA MONDAY FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING THEY KILLED CONDOLUCI. OMAHA POLICE IS INVESTIGATING THE AUTHENTICITY, BUT IN A KETV NEWSWATCH 7 EXCLUSIVE, JOSE ZOZAYA SPOKE TO FAIRBANKS ' ’ EX-WIFE, WHO SAYS SHE GOT A CALL FROM HIM ABOUT THAT EMAIL. &gt;&gt; JAMES, THAT’S RIGHT. I SPOKE WITH FAIRBANKS’ EX-WIFE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, SHE TELLS ME THE NEWS CAME AS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO HER AND HIS EXTENDED FAMILY. BUT SHE SAYS FAIRBANKS CALLED HER BEFORE HIS ARREST, TOLD HER HE SENT THAT EMAIL AND THAT HE KILLED MATTIEO CONDOLUCI NOW WE’VE RESEARCHED WHO JAMES FAIRBANKS IS, IN PART. WE’VE NOW CONFIRMED WITH OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS HE WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL. THAT WAS FROM OCTOBER 2016 TO DECEMBER 2018 AT MORTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEN SINCE DECEMBER 2019 AT THE DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM. OPS CONFIRMED FAIRBANKS HAS BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE. KELLY TAMAYO SAYS HER EX-HUSBAND IS A LOVING FATHER AND A PROTECTOR, A QUALITY SHE SAYS HELPED HIM MENTOR TROUBLED CHILDREN. &gt;&gt; HE WAS JUST BY NATURE SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS AND REALLY PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. JOHN: -- &gt;&gt; AGAIN OMAHA POLICE SAY 43-YEAR-OLD FAIRBANKS WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY CORRECTIONS BEFORE 5:00 A.M. TODAY. HE FACES CHARGES OFCRIMINAL HOMIAdvertisementMan arrested one day after anonymous email surfaced about killing of sex offenderLess than a day after news media received an email about the killing of a convicted sex offender, Omaha police said Tuesday James Fairbanks, 43, was arrested for criminal homicide.No details were immediately available about the arrest of Fairbanks.The victim, Mattieo Condoluci, was found dead near 43rd and Pinkney late Saturday night after a report of a shooting.Police Tuesday made no connection between Fairbanks and an anonymous email sent to news media Monday afternoon from someone professing to be Condoluci's killer.The email from sender "Stop Predators," said "I killed Matteio Condoluci Thursday May 14th."The anonymous sender said he or she had been looking for an apartment in the area when he discovered Condoluci on the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry. The sender described Condoluci as standing in his driveway pretending to wash his truck while staring at a group of children playing in the street."Having had my own experience with these type of predators I knw the damage he would do to those kids," wrote the emailer. "I've worked with kids for years who have been victimized and I couldnt (sic) in good conscience allow him to do it to anyone else while I had the means to stop him".The emailer also wrote "I know in this messed up judicial system that means I will face far more severe punishment for stopping him then (sic) he did for raping KIDS."Condoluci was convicted in Sarpy County 13 years ago of sexual assault of a child. Monday, Omaha police confirmed they were looking into the authenticity of the email while they continue to look at Condoluci's death as a homicide.Omaha Public Schools confirmed Fairbanks worked at Morton Middle School from 2016 to 2018 and was most recently working for the middle school alternative program. Fairbanks ex-wife told KETV NewsWatch 7 that he admitted his role in the killing to her and said he was going to turn himself in.Less than a day after news media received an email about the killing of a convicted sex offender, Omaha police said Tuesday James Fairbanks, 43, was arrested for criminal homicide.No details were immediately available about the arrest of Fairbanks.AdvertisementThe victim, Mattieo Condoluci, was found dead near 43rd and Pinkney late Saturday night after a report of a shooting.Police Tuesday made no connection between Fairbanks and an anonymous email sent to news media Monday afternoon from someone professing to be Condoluci's killer.The email from sender "Stop Predators," said "I killed Matteio Condoluci Thursday May 14th."The anonymous sender said he or she had been looking for an apartment in the area when he discovered Condoluci on the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry. The sender described Condoluci as standing in his driveway pretending to wash his truck while staring at a group of children playing in the street."Having had my own experience with these type of predators I knw the damage he would do to those kids," wrote the emailer. "I've worked with kids for years who have been victimized and I couldnt (sic) in good conscience allow him to do it to anyone else while I had the means to stop him".The emailer also wrote "I know in this messed up judicial system that means I will face far more severe punishment for stopping him then (sic) he did for raping KIDS."Condoluci was convicted in Sarpy County 13 years ago of sexual assault of a child. Monday, Omaha police confirmed they were looking into the authenticity of the email while they continue to look at Condoluci's death as a homicide.Omaha Public Schools confirmed Fairbanks worked at Morton Middle School from 2016 to 2018 and was most recently working for the middle school alternative program.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementMan arrested one day after anonymous email surfaced about killing of sex offenderHide TranscriptShow TranscriptSTATION. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 AT NOON STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. JOHN: A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER IS DEAD, AND RIGHT NOW AND OMAHA PUBILC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES IS IN JAIL FOR THE HOMICIDE. GOOD MORNING, I’M JAMES WILCOX. EARLIER THIS MORNING OMAHA POLICE ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF 43-YEAR-OLD JAMES FAIR BANKS. HE’S BEING HELD ON A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. POLICE SAY 64-YEAR-OLD MATTIEO CONDOLUCI WAS FOUND DEAD NEAR 43RD AND PINKNEY. POLICE SO FAR ARE NOT SAYING WHETHER...

Man arrested one day after anonymous email surfaced about killing of sex offender

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