Even though he looks like a real-life A. Wyatt Mann cartoon, I actually found the story from black-interest website The Root:

https://www.theroot.com/monstrous-looking-sex-offender-nearly-snatches-little-b-1851426769

“Monstrous-looking sex offender” … “this creepy-looking man…”

They left out that he/she is trans. It has a Facebook page with profile pictures that show a young, fairly clean-cut guy in women’s wigs. He must have hit hard times hard. My guess is crack.