A sex offender living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has been cleared of accusations that he went to a park when children were present, violating state and Miami-Dade County restrictions.

Bryan Exile -- one of two plaintiffs named in the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida's lawsuit against Miami-Dade's requirement that sex offenders keep at least 2,500 feet away from places where children congregate -- was released from jail last week. He had been arrested Sept. 4 on misdemeanor charges of violating probation and trespassing.

Exile was accused of trespassing in a housing project, then walking to the park. The charges were dropped Nov. 6 after prosecutors learned Exile was never in the park, the ACLU said.

The ACLU lawsuit, which is before the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, is an attempt to nullify the county's 2,500-foot law. It alleges local law should not supersede the state law, which calls for sex offenders to stay 1,000 feet away from parks, schools and other places where children gather.

-- ROBERT SAMUELS

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