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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man convicted of aggravated sexual battery is in trouble after being stopped with a car full of children.

Jerome Sawyer was pulled over on Ridgeway just south of Winchester for not wearing a seat belt and not having children properly restrained when police learned he was convicted in 1987 and 1999.

Sawyer told police the charge was for assaulting three children ages 6 and 7.

Through a TBI background check and information from the Department of Corrections, WREG learned he just got out of prison for one of those convictions in February of last year.

As police were talking to Sawyer, they noticed two males and three females, ranging in age from 5-11, in the car who were also not wearing seat belts.

Sawyer told the officers the children were not his.

He said he was with the kids at the park located next to Winridge Elementary School.

It is not clear to whom the children belong.

Parents in the Hickory Hill community want to know.

"Where did he get the kids from? They werent' his," one woman said.

As police were checking the vehicle, they found a pair of pink and white panties under the driver's seat.

Sex Crimes was called, and the underwear was taken in case a crime had been committed.

Because of his prior sexual convictions, Sawyer was not allowed to be alone with minors, therefore putting him in violation of the Sex Offender Registry of Tennessee.

Sawyer is charged with violation of the seat belt law over 18, violation of the seat belt law for a juvenile and violation of sex offender registry.

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