Sex offender uses toupee, fake name to enter Royal Oak locker room for children, gets naked, police say

Graham Gilpin accused of exposing himself in front of 13-year-old boy

Graham John Gilpin (WDIV)

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – A sex offender with a long history of indecent exposure is accused of using a toupee and a fake name to get into a Royal Oak ice arena where he had been banned, entering a locker room reserved for minors and getting naked in front of a 13-year-old boy, officials said.

Criminal history

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Graham John Gilpin, 60, of Eastpointe, was released from prison March 14, 2019, after being sentenced in 2014 on charges of indecent exposure by a sexually deliquent person and committing/procuring gross indecency between a male and a female.

UPDATE: Gilpin sentenced

Gilpin also served prison time for aggravated indecent exposure and indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person charges in 2006, an indecent exposure charge in 2002 and an attempting to deliver/manufacture marijuana charge in 2000, according to court records.

Exposure at Royal Oak ice arena

Gilpin is accused of going to the John Lindell Ice Arena in Royal Oak around 3:30 p.m. Dec. 10.

Police said Gilpin has been banned from entering the arena, but he signed in with a fake name for a scheduled stick and puck session.

The ice arena has separate locker rooms for children and adults, but Gilpin sneaked into the locker room designated for children, according to authorities.

Police said there was a 13-year-old boy in the locker room when Gilpin entered, and he got naked from the waist down. Police said Gilpin spoke to the boy, but the questions weren’t sexual in nature.

An employee noticed Gilpin was in the wrong locker room, escorted him out and called police, officials said.

Authorities said Gilpin, who is bald, wore a toupee, which can also be seen in the mugshot from Royal Oak police.

Graham John Gilpin (WDIV)
Graham John Gilpin (WDIV)

Gilpin taken into custody

Police interviewed Gilpin about the incident. He was later taken into custody, officials said.

He is charged with indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person and misdemeanor trespassing.

Gilpin was arraigned Dec. 20 at 44th District Court and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. He will have to wear a GPS tether if he posts bond, and he is not allowed to enter parks, schools, nature centers or sports facilities that host children under 18 years old.

He was in court Monday for a probable cause conference. A preliminary examination is scheduled for Jan. 6.


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