Registered sex offender found living in illegal Florida day care, investigators say

Investigators received a tip that Mance was living at a home illegally on Little Wekiwa Drive, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Eyewitness News. The tip also alleged that the owner of the home, Tonja Clausen, was running an illegal day care out of the same home.

When questioned, Clausen told investigators that she has been using her home as a day care for several years, but she had “been lazy” and failed to register it as a day care.

She said Mance, who she identified as her husband, “sometimes” stays at the home, and that the children and parents call him “Mick” or “Grandpa.”

Clausen told WFTV that she "was not" running an illegal day care out of the home and that Mance was "not living here, he would stay here."

A woman whose grandchildren attended the day care said she was shocked to find out last week that Mance was allegedly living at the home.

“It’s a wake-up call for all of us,” she said. “If we would have known that, we would not have taken any of my grandkids there.”

Clausen is not currently facing any charges. An active criminal investigation regarding the case is still ongoing.

The Department of Child Services could not be reached for comment.