The Morrison County Sheriff's Office, in cooperation with police departments in the county, have recently completed the annual predatory offender registration verifications for Morrison County. Each year, the sheriff's office organizes a verification check for all predatory offenders who are on the registry and residing within the county. It is important to note Minnesota only began registering predatory offenders in 1991 and did not assign risk level until 1997. Only those offenders who have been sentenced to prison and who were released after Jan. 1, 1997, have been assigned a risk level. Offenders sentenced to probation or juvenile offenders are not assigned a risk level. Level 1 offenders are those deemed by Department of Corrections officials
as those least likely to reoffend while Level 3 offenders are considered most likely to reoffend.
During the most recent round of checks, multiple predatory offenders were checked in Morrison
County. Forty-four predatory offenders were checked by the Morrison County Sheriff's Office, Pierz, Motley and Royalton police departments. Of the 44-22 were Level 1 offenders, four were Level 2, one was Level 3 and 17 offenders were not assigned a risk level. There were 47 predatory offenders checked by the Little Falls Police Department, which are not part of the
breakdown. The total number of offenders decreased by 18 from last year. This is because the offender has either moved away from Morrison County or they have reached the end of their term and registration end date, a news release stated.
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All individuals were found to be compliant with conditions imposed upon them.
Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen stated in a news release the importance for authorities to keep tabs on the predatory offender registry.
"I feel it is extremely important that these people remain aware that we know who they are and our office will continue to hold them accountable," Larsen stated.
