A convicted child sex offender is now a fugitive after a California judge allowed him to remain free on $1 million bail following his conviction, a decision that prosecutors are now sharply criticizing after the man disappeared before sentencing. Carl Cacconie was convicted on July 17 at the South Lake Tahoe Courthouse of six felony sex crimes involving an 11-year-old girl. Despite the verdict, Judge Michael McLaughlin, a registered Democrat , permitted him to leave court pending sentencing, which was set for Aug. 25. He never returned. Carl Cacconie. FOX26 According to authorities, Cacconie’s court-ordered ankle monitor, issued through the El Dorado County Probation Department in 2023, went offline on Aug. 17, while he was on Taraval Street in San Francisco. A probation report filed with the court says officials did not make contact with him until two days later, on Aug. 19. During that delayed contact, Cacconie claimed the device was simply charging.…