Times staff
Monday, December 20, 2010
LARGO — A registered sex offender wanted on charges of groping girls at a Valrico Walmart was found injured on a golf course Monday, police said.
Robert Paul Smith, 40, of Largo, was taken into custody when fire crews and police found him just after 3 p.m. on the 17th hole of Largo's Municipal Golf Course, 12500 Vonn Road.
Smith appeared to have self- inflicted injuries and was taken to a local hospital, police said.
Authorities have been looking for Smith since the weekend, when they say he touched six young girls Saturday afternoon inside a Walmart.
Hillsborough County officials issued two warrants charging Smith with lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 16.
Smith had walked up to the girls at the store at 1208 E Brandon Blvd. and touched them on their buttocks over their clothing, the Hillsborough County Sheriff ...