Northwoods Reporter

There was the same number of registered sex offenders living in Polk County in the week ending Oct. 1 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 108 sex offenders registered in Polk County in the week ending Oct. 1.

The Registry shows 101 of these sex offenders are White.

Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than White Americans to be given lengthy prison terms after being found guilty of sexual assault offenses. Between 2006 and 2017, sentencing for sexual abuse convictions among Black people increased by 1,330.47%, while sentences for White people fell by 8.66%.

Wisconsin, which ranks eighth for the overall number of sex offenders, ranks fifth for sex offenders per 100,000 residents.

A total of 767,023 people were listed on state sex offender registries as of April 2022. This is approximately a two percent decrease from 2021.

Frequently updated information about sex offenders in Wisconsin can be found online here.

Offender	Race	Crime
Adam Pierre Montour	White	Predatory offense/kidnapping
Adonis Mosay	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Amanda Renee Larson	White	Criminal sexual conduct 4th degree
Andrew J. Otis	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Anthony M. Troutz	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Arlyn G. Fox	White	Criminal sexual conduct-2nd degree
Arron N. Hultquist	White	Possession of child pornography
Brandon W. Thompson	White	Possession of child pornography
Brian A. Smythe	White	Criminal sexual conduct 2nd degree
Charles Edward Smith	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Christian I. Sventek	Black	Child enticement - cause mental/bodily harm
Christopher E. Mikulski	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, cause child to view or listen to sexual activity, sexually violent person commitment, criminal sexual conduct 2nd degree victim under 13
Clifford Ap Machimity	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Curt L. Sather	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Curtis D. Ader	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Damon R. Mccarty	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dana Hansen	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel Allen Shelby	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Daniel E. Owens	White	Soliciting a child for prostitution
Daniel J. Hodge	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel Joseph Larson	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
David A. Jaeger	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
David R. Frank	White	Child enticement
David Wayne Tanner	White	Lewd lascivious behavior-victim 12-16 years of age
Dominick Allen Diedrich Bohrer	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Dominick T. Truscott	White	Exposing genitals to a child
Donald Alan Kane	White	Terroristic threats - reckless disregard risk
Douglas Martin Wilberg	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Douglas Mitchell Krueger	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Douglas S. Clough	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Ervin R. Moe	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Fred J. Wade	White	Child enticement, sexual intercourse with a child
Gary David Mortel	White	Solicit child to engage in sexual conduct
Gary Hibbard	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jacob Allen Carnine	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Jacob W. Johnson	White	Second-degree sexual assault
James Kronschnable	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
James Lawrence Armagost	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
James Rickard	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Jamie L. Ganley	White	Child enticement
Jason A. Blomberg	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jeffery A. Huebner	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jeffery Paul Michaelson	White	Distribute via electronic communication-material relates/describes sexual to child, criminal sexual conduct-5th degree-nonconsensual sexual contact
Jeffrey J. Masek	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, child enticement
Jeffrey M. Schulz	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jennifer L. Kleinbergs	White	Not guilty by reason of mental disease
Jeremy R. Vang	White	Criminal sexual conduct 3rd degree
Jerome P. Gravelle	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jerry Allen Stoeklen	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child, third-degree sexual assault
Jerry J. Kirk	Black	Criminal sexual conduct 1st degree -cont-under 16
Jordan Branchford	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Joseph L. Boettcher	White	Possession of child pornography
Joseph M. Christensen	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Joshua A. Dahlblom	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Joshua C. Bushweiler	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Joshua D. Ross	White	Criminal sexual conduct 1st degree
Justan R. Hofer	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Justin Michael Hopp	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Justin W. Johnson	White	Sexual intercourse with a child age 16 or older
Kao Chang	Asian or Pacific Islander	Prostitution - hires/offers/agree to hire; individual believes age 13-16; penetration or contact
Kazan C. Dietrich	White	5th degree criminal sexual conduct
Kenneth W. Golden	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Kevin D. Strenke	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
Kyle Eric Gjonnes	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Kyle R. Bottolfson	White	Exposing genitals to a child
Larry A. Pederson	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Mark A. Sorenson	White	Exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child
Mark Anthony Perkins	White	Fourth degree sexual assault
Marlin J. P. Bakken	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Matthew R. Hancock	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael Charles Evenson	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Michael J. Trumble	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Michael P. Hagen	White	Possession of child pornography
Michael Wilson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Nicholas Armand Winter	White	Criminal sexual conduct 1st degree
Patrick H. Heier	White	First-degree sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault
Paul T. Armstrong	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Peter M. Geis	White	4th degree sexual assault
Randy E. Blodgett	White	Receipt of child pornography
Richard A. Phernetton	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Richard J. Mueller	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Rick Jensen	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert A. Stewart	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert Allen Kubinek	White	Possession of child pornography
Robert L. Hildreth	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert W. Koser	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Scott A. Kurtz	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Scott Worthington	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Scottie Luke W. Kobs	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
Shaun L. Deering	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Shawn M. Wettig	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Shawn Philip Binkley	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
Stephen Severson	White	Child enticement, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven D. Williamson	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Steven K. Marz	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven Michael Unrein	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Stuart R. Kuske	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Thomas F. Berg	White	Possession of child pornography
Thomas Robert Fox	White	Disseminate pornographic work
Thor L. Jepsen	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Todd J. Brinker	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Travis J. Burns	White	Exposing genitals to a child
Travis J. Namchek	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Virgil A. Hansen	White	Child abuse-recklessly cause harm, causing mental harm to child
Warren L. Miller	White	Possession of child pornography
Wayne E. Neely	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Wayne N. Mccarty	White	Exposing genitals to a child
Zackery Ryan Tohm	White	Sexual exploitation of child, possession of child pornography