Warrensburg

A Queensbury mother helped her sex-offender son set up meetings with underage children, the Warren County Sheriff's Office said.

Curtis M. Mallon, 31, of Warrensburg, a registered sex offender, and his mother, Darlene Mallon, 60, were arrested Monday following an investigation into the man's hotel stay with a pair of boys, the sheriff's office said Tuesday.

Mallon was charged with violating his probation and failing to register his social network profile with the sheriff's office — a requirement of his sex offender status. His mother was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.

The sheriff's office said Curtis Mallon spent the night recently at a Lake George hotel with a 10-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy. He is on probation for a previous sex offense. Deputies said, through Facebook, the boys knew Curtis Mallon as 18-year-old Joe Tadbit.

Darlene Mallon helped drive her son and the boys to various locations even though she knew her son couldn't have contact with them., the sheriff's office said.

Curtis Mallon was originally arrested Aug. 21 on the probation charges and Monday on the social network charges. Darlene Mallon was arrested Monday.

Curtis Mallon was re-arraigned Monday in Queensbury Town Court and sent back to the Warren County Jail, where he had been since Aug. 17 on $15,000 bail. Darlene Mallon was arraigned and sent to the Warren County Jail on $1,000 bail.

The sheriff's office said Curtis Mallon may have been in contact with several other juvenile boys.

Anyone with information about Curtis Mallon or his alias, Joe Tadbit, is asked to call Investigator Mo Aldrich at 743-2500.