Northwoods Reporter

There were two more registered sex offenders living in Bayfield County in the week ending Feb. 4 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 38 sex offenders registered in Bayfield County in the week ending Feb. 4, compared to 36 the week before.

The Registry shows 27 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
Alec L. Halfaday-Miller	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Child enticement, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Arthur H. Bredeson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Bryan J. Gary	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Bryan L. Neuswanger	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity, exposing a child to harmful materials
Charles P. Dunbar	White	Transportation of child pornography, transporting obscene material to minor
Cory R. Grande	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel James Sabo	White	Possession of child pornography
Darin C. Anderson	White	Sexual assault of a student by school staff, child enticement
Darren Hanson	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
David Eugene Crozier	White	Child enticement
David James Kerr	White	Possession of child pornography
David Lloyd Gregoire	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
David Robert Patrick Hyde	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Donald Joseph King	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Exposing a child to harmful materials, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Duane A. Hopkins	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Erik Clifford Ramsted	White	Criminal sexual conduct 2nd degree
Floyd W. Hipsher	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Gene R. Lundequam	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, child enticement
Gino Ray Fiore	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Gregory John Bachand	White	Child enticement
Jason Allen Powers	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jason Ermilio	White	Sexual assault
John A. Tutor	White	Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, sexual abuse in the first degree
Jordan L. Carothers	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Possession of child pornography
Kenneth M. Gray	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Kyle James Johnson	White	Possession of child pornography
Larry Dale Travis	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
Matthew M. A. Bark	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
Matthew Raymond Sokolich	White	Possession of child pornography
Michael D. Sweet	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Fourth degree sexual assault
Michael Whitsell	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Norbert G. Balber	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault of a child, child molestation
Oscar S. Lagrew	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault
Ricky D. Gruebele	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ronald R. Gerpoltz	White	Sexual intercourse with child age 16 or older
Shawn Anthony Carignan	White	Sexual intercourse with child 16 or older, solicit intimate representation from minor
Wayne E. Nelson	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Wyle J. Dexter	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child