A Hamptons architect to the stars and registered sex offender was arrested again on child pornography charges after his probation officer found sexually explicit composite photos of little girls at the suspect’s Hamptons home.
According to the New York Post, Jay Lockett Sears is a prominent architect who has designed homes for celebrities like Susan Lucci, Michael J. Fox, and Bob Fosse. He was arrested on child pornography charges in 2013 after he was found to have surreptitiously taken photos of small children at luxury yacht and beach clubs, cut out the children’s heads from the photos, and pasted them onto photos of adult bodies engaged in lewd acts.
And Sears, who also appeared on the 1960s television series Gidget, was arrested again when his probation officer found bags of similar photos on Thursday, although this time he cuts out faces of photos of young girls found in a local newspaper called the Waldo Tribune.
He had avoided jail time on the prior conviction, sentenced to six months of house arrest and five years of probation. According to the New York Post, Sears was admitted to the hospital for unknown reasons before his arraignment on Thursday.
He will remain in custody on charges of violating his probation and lying to his probation officer.
