Leon Tate was a registered sex offender.
History[]
Leon had eleven arrests, nine of which were for arson, but no convictions prior to his thirteenth birthday. As a child, he tortured animals and set even more fires. He was also under investigation by SVU detective Elliot Stabler for having oral sex with numerous teenage girls, but only one testified. Thus, he served five years in prison for sodomy. While in prison, he was diagnosed as a sociopath.
Two weeks after his release, Leon was being tailed by Stabler, starting when he tested positive for the HIV virus. On a rooftop, he was kissing a 14 year old girl but was arrested by Detectives Benson and Stabler before they had sex. The detectives revealed that he has a STD, to the anger and his dismay of his victim.
He was charged with attempted statutory rape, but the charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence. Leon was also a suspect in multiple rapes and murders, but just as he was about to be arrested for attempting to have sex with another underage girl, he succumbed to a drug overdose and died. The real perpetrator, Malik "King" Harris, was later identified, arrested, and executed for the crimes. (SVU: "Rooftop")