Northwoods Reporter

There was one less registered sex offender living in Washburn County in the week ending May 13 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 37 sex offenders registered in Washburn County in the week ending May 13, compared to 36 the week before.

The Registry shows 32 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
Allan N. Dahl	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Andrew T. Zochert	White	Third-degree sexual assault, child enticement
Andrew W. Norquest	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Anthony Joseph Woody	White	Child enticement
Braidon X. Rau	White	Third-degree sexual assault, exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child
Brandon L. Scherz	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Cassandra L. Lemke	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Charles P. Knapp	White	Possession of child pornography
Clayton D. Phillips	White	Criminal sexual conduct 2nd degree, criminal sexual conduct 1st degree, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Curtis L. Brimblecom	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dakota L. Gates	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
Darrin Blomquist	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Gary S. Walton	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Third-degree sexual assault
George D. Webster	White	Sexual assault of a child
Jacob S. Goodnow	White	Possession of child pornography
Jeffrey A. Vesta	White	Exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child
Jeffrey Lee Grinnell	White	Domestic assault - by strangulation
Joey Throneburg	Unknown	First-degree rape
Jonathon S. Geiger	White	Exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child
Joseph A. Capelle	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Kendall Sederstrom	White	Criminal sexual - 2nd degree-under 13 years old
Kody Christopher Mrozak	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Kyle D. Boelk	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Leslie E. Foster	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Lewd, lascivious child under 16
Mark W. Dezek	White	Possession of child pornography
Max L. Moran	White	Child abuse-intentionally cause harm
Maxwell Melton	White	Third-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael J. Jones	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Nathan Lee Jepson	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Neal B. Hughes-Anderson	White	2nd degree criminal sexual conduct
Patrick W. Warren	White	Child enticement
Robert Haynie	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Robert N. Pendleton	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Sean Smallwood	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven M. Stoner	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Tony Travis Lee Woodford	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Van C. Avery	White	Second-degree sexual assault