OREGON CITY, Ore. -- Oregon City police officers warned the community Wednesday about a predatory sex offender who is operating a bicycle shop in the area.

Harry Garrett, 54, is running a bike shop on Main Street in Oregon City. He has applied for a business license in the city and will operate the shop while the license is under consideration, according to police.

Convicted of sex abuse and sodomy in 2000, Garrett's crimes involved male and female children between 9 and 15 years old.

Susan Williamson runs a nearby toy store and said she had no idea about his criminal past.

"People come to our store and they bring their children," Williamson said. "And I know there are children who come up and down Main Street."

In a phone interview with FOX 12 news partner Newsradio 750 KXL, Garrett said he opened a repair shop so he would not attract children.

He served his time and said he feels the officers' door-to-door notification is unfair.

"I have a right, as does anybody else, to make a living in their life," Garrett told KXL.

While Garrett said he has been off parole for more than a year, Williamson said she's not afraid to let Garrett know that people will be watching him.

"If he walks in this store and there are people with children, I am just going to invite him to leave," Williamson said.