Northwoods Reporter

There was the same number of registered sex offenders living in Ashland County in the week ending April 8 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 76 sex offenders registered in Ashland County in the week ending April 8.

The Registry shows 52 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 ninth for the overall number of sex offenders, ranks fifth for sex offenders per 100,000 residents.

A total of 786,838 people were listed on state sex offender registries as of February 2023. This is about a 3% increase from 2022.

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

Offender	Race	Crime
Allen M. Madison	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Andrew J. Hamacher	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Austin James Debauche	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Austin Jay Dietz	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Third-degree sexual assault
Blake A. Edwards	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Bobby Franklin Sharp	White	Lure minor for sexual exploitation
Chad E. Blank	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Chad L. Brownell	White	Criminal sexual conduct 3rd degree
Chad Neal Lampson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Christopher Sustek	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Cody Alan Westlund	White	4th degree sexual assault
Collin A. Bressette	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Not guilty by reason of mental disease
Cory R. Grande	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel Opyd	White	Aggravated criminal sexual assault
David J. Lemke	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
David P. Chvatik	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Dean A. Nabak	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dennis T. Malouf	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault of a child, second-degree sexual assault
Devin Lee Jones	White	Causing mental harm to child
Diana L. Bressette	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Dinelle Thomas Halfaday Miller	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Duane L. Peterson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dustin R. Novak	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Earl William Everingham	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Eric B. Maclin	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Eric D. Fulweber	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Eugene Greene	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Fabian Noel Fleischfresser	White	Possession of child pornography
Gino Ray Fiore	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Hudson Anthony Ramirez	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Isaiah Robert Murray	White	Sexual assault of a child
Jacob Timothy Foster	Asian or Pacific Islander	Use of a computer to facilitate a child sexual crime
James Christopher Bennett	White	Criminal sexual conduct 2nd degree
James E. Day	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
James Eagen	White	Sexually violent person commitment, cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
James Nathan Leciejewski	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
James Robert Henri	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, child enticement
James Vincent Crowe	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jay Lee Hendrickson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jesse P. Kelly	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
John W. Aguilera	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jonathan Sherman	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Jonathon Michael Krueger	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jorge William Roundwind	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Fourth degree sexual assault
Joshua Vincent Compton	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Keith B. Eschmann	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Kevin P. Tveit	White	Child enticement
Keyan William Stricker	White	Child enticement
Lance A. Andrews	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Possession of child pornography, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Mason Rupert Schelvan	White	False imprisonment, second-degree sexual assault
Michael A. Swanson	White	Child enticement
Michael R. Leoso	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael S. Howen	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Neville Wayne Walker	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Nicholas Lee Lueloff	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Noah Christian Zakovec	White	Child enticement, third-degree sexual assault, battery
Philip R. Vaughan	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Randy G. Neff	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Raymond Kallio	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert Powless	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Third-degree sexual assault
Robert Smart	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert W. Brannon	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, child enticement, soliciting a child for prostitution
Robert William Franklin	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault
Robin James Zakovec	White	Possession of child pornography, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ronald Earl Richards	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Royce Bressette	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault of a child, second-degree sexual assault
Scott Pearce	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Shayne R. Sandmon	White	Attempted lewdness with child under 14
Thomas Joseph Gordon	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Third-degree sexual assault
Thomas Leon Reyes	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Possession of child pornography
Timmy Frederick Michel	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Tony T. Justich	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault of a child, possession of child pornography
Vernon Kingbird	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Vimael Colon	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Waylon D. Jones	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault
William Frederick Harms	White	Possession of child pornography