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A registered sex offender performed as a magician during Family Night at Mario’s Pizza on Cloverdale Avenue while children were in the restaurant, according to indictments and allegations from authorities.

That would be a violation of a state law that prohibits such offenders from living near or going to places frequented by children.

Kevin Daniel Pegram, 35, of Kimrake Lane in Madison in Rockingham County, was indicted by a Forsyth County grand jury on 10 counts of being a sex offender unlawfully on premises.

Pegram pleaded guilty to a similar crime in Guilford County earlier this year.

And after Pegram’s 2004 conviction of second-degree rape, the parents of a 12-year-old said in a lawsuit that Pegram assaulted their daughter after meeting her while performing at a restaurant family night.

According to the N.C. Sex Offender Registry website, Pegram has been convicted of 21 charges, including second-degree rape, sexual exploitation of a minor and indecent liberties with a minor. He is listed as a recidivist, which means that he was convicted of an aggravated offense or has been determined to be a sexually violent predator. Pegram was released from prison in November 2015 after serving a 12-year sentence.