Northwoods Reporter

There was the same number of registered sex offenders living in Price County in the week ending Aug. 5 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 47 sex offenders registered in Price County in the week ending Aug. 5.

The Registry shows 46 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 J. Gillett	White	Lewd and lascivious behavior
Andre D. Walker	Black	Convicted child sexual offender working with children, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Angelo Buttice	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Bernice A. Rueden	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Christopher A. Waltenberg	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dale R. Loomis	White	Child enticement
Daniel J. Friedeck	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Donald B. Young	White	Child enticement
Donald J. Farina	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Douglas J. Makovsky	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Eric E. Zubricky	White	Child enticement, third-degree sexual assault
Herbert O. Richard	White	Sexually violent person commitment, kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault, false imprisonment
James A. Kowald	White	Sexual assault of a child
James Boomgard	White	Sexual assault of a child
James F. Mccallister	White	Second-degree sexual assault
James M. Meyer	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jason F. Staroba	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Jerry E. Gavin	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Joel L. Elkins	White	Third-degree sexual assault
John A. Voldberg	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jonathan R. Gates	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Joshua A. Carden	White	Sexual assault of a child
Justin W. Smith	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Keith D. Jones	White	Sexual assault of a child
Lawrence A. Makovsky	White	First-degree sexual assault
Lawrence J. Kinnett	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Lawrence J. Wollner	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Leonard K. Svoboda	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Leroy Brackmann	White	Criminal sexual conduct 2nd degree
Lloyd E. Maas	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Mark A. Wilkinson	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Mark Gerard Dial	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Mark M. Davis	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Melvin R. Norton	White	First-degree sexual assault
Miles T. Christianson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Mitchell J. May	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Paul A. Hackel	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Presten James Jenness	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert J. Nichelson	White	First-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert Scott Mccormick	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
Robert Whiting	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Ron E. Angelo	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Scott P. Hunter	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven Miesbauer	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Thomas R. Wilson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, third-degree sexual assault
Victor L. Wiley	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
William Charles Brunkow	White	Child enticement