was it weird at first dealing with officers? did you run into people you knew? yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and using drugs and alcohol. and i messed up my life. as we continue to interview rapatz, we learn although this was his first conviction as an adult it was hardly his first brush with the law. i started stealing cars at a young age and breaking into schools. i broke into my junior high and my high school. at 11 years old i was living like i was 21. between the ages of 13 and 18, rapatz did time in juvenile detention centers in several states. once i turned 18 i got my life together until i was about 24. i did do good. and i was trying to change my life around. with his juvenile files sealed, rapatz had a fresh start
treated me the same. some of them treated me different. for the most part, though, i ve always gone along with people. i came into prison. and i ain t here to prove a point. i m just here to do my time. was it weird at first dealing with officers? did you run into people you knew? yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and using drugs and alcohol. and i messed up my life. as we continue to interview rapatz, we learn although this was his first conviction as an adult it was hardly his first brush with the law. i started stealing cars at a young age and breaking into schools.
yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and using drugs and alcohol. and i messed up my life. as we continue to interview rapatz, we learn although this was his first conviction as an adult it was hardly his first brush with the law. i started stealing cars at a young age and breaking into schools. i broke into my junior high and my high school. at 11 years old i was living like i was 21. between the ages of 13 and 18, rapatz did time in juvenile detention centers in several states. once i turned 18 i got my life together until i was about 24. i did do good. and i was trying to change my life around. with his juvenile files sealed, rapatz had a fresh start at life.
yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and using drugs and alcohol. and i messed up my life. as we continue to interview rapatz, we learn although this was his first conviction as an adult it was hardly his first brush with the law. i started stealing cars at a young age and breaking into schools. i broke into my junior high and my high school. at 11 years old i was living like i was 21. between the ages of 13 and 18, rapatz did time in juvenile detention centers in several states. once i turned 18 i got my life together until i was about 24. i did do good. and i was trying to change my life around. with his juvenile files sealed, rapatz had a fresh start at life.
he gets a job at a ford motor plant on the assembly line. he marries teri and starts a new family. buys a house in the suburbs. but still, he s a man with a past. my prison number is 37839. i know it like my social security number. you know, was known so long for that name. my first name was lowery. my last name was 37839. though lowery is out of prison, he s not free. in 1996, congress passes megan s law. it requires that the names and addresses of sex offenders be made available to the public. i was like, another bombshell to me. you know, i was like, now neighbors are going to find out. people are going to know that i m a sex offender. it s going to be a hard life again. he didn t go to work for a couple of days, and he never missed work. he actually just sat in the living room just kind of like in his chair just like this.