Vermont authorities are warning locals in advance of a high-risk pedophile being released from prison Friday.

Timothy Szad, 53, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after handcuffing and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old autistic boy in 2000. With his sentence coming to an end Friday, authorities are warning the public he is at risk for re-offending, especially against 12 to 13-year-old blond-haired, blue-eyed boys, according to reports.

Szad is required to notify the state of where he chooses to live, but he will not be under supervision.

The pedophile received his sentence after agreeing to a plea deal that spared the boy from having to testify to Szad grabbing him, carrying him across a river, handcuffing and sexually assaulting him multiple times, according to the Burlington Free Press.

Szad admitted to these acts in exchange for a lighter sentence than the maximum 20 years he would have faced if the case went to trial, the paper reported.

Despite taking part in a sex offender treatment program, prison officials determined Szad is at high risk to offend again, according to reports. His most likely target would be blonde haired, blue eyed boys 12 to 13-years of age.

Authorities’ efforts to notify the public in advance of the pervert being released have scuttled plans he had to move in with his parents, according to reports, leading to him potentially being homeless.

‘I wouldn’t want him in my neighborhood. I don’t think that you or anybody else would,’Rep. Kurt Wright, (R-Burlington) told WCAX.

Szad’s case is renewing the push for Vermont to pass a civil confinement law meant to keep sex offenders with an inability to control their impulses off the streets indefinitely through confinement in a mental institution, according to reports.

The state legislature rejected passage of a civil confinement measure in 2007, citing the expense and high burden of proof needed to indefinitely commit an individual such as Szad, reports said.

‘I don’t know whether the Legislature would be willing to go down that path. I’ve always believed it was a mistake not to pass it,’ Wright continued.

20 states, including New York and New Hampshire, currently have civil confinement measures in place, according to Fox News.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D) told WCAX that he would strongly consider signing such a measure if passed by the state legislature, adding that he’s for ‘anything that the Legislature and we can do to make this state safer from pedophiles.’

It is not clear if Szad had any criminal history prior to this conviction, repeated attempts to reach state and local officials for further information were unsuccessful.

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