Pastor And Registered Sex Offenders Arrested After Violating Laws at Car Wash
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
September 18, 2025
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A local pastor who works to engage and rehabilitate registered sex offenders and felons says that he has done nothing wrong after he and six volunteers were arrested for not complying with the registered sex offender law.
Dennis Potter is speaking out after court documents show he allowed registered sex offenders to volunteer at a car wash that was too close to a school or daycare, and were arrested by deputies with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said the car wash happened near a school or daycare. By law, registered sex offenders cannot be within 2000 feet of.
Potter, who owns Outcast Ministries Inc., a non-profit aimed at rehabilitating addicts, the homeless, and criminals through the word of God, said they have done car washes numerous times at the Outcast Ministries thrift store on Highway 59 and have never had a problem.
“We were certainly not trying to do anything wrong,” Potter said. “The thing about a Sunday, schools are not even meeting on Sunday, daycares are not in business on Sunday. There were no kids involved. These are adults, bringing their car up to do a car wash.”
I do not believe that I or the volunteers have committed any crimes and now, we’re charged with felonies, Potter said.
Deputies said they’ve warned Potter about having sex offenders help with the car wash. However, Potter said the sheriff’s office only told him they cannot work full-time in his store, which he says he’s followed.
Potter said he works closely with law enforcement to ensure he’s following the law and has always complied.
Potter was charged with complicity. He said that despite this happening, his mission remains the same and will continue to help and minister.
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