There was one less number of registered sex offender living in Ramsey County in February compared to the previous month, according to the Minnesota Public Registrant Search.
As of February, 56 sex offenders were living in the county.
The Registry shows four of these sex offenders are sexual predators.
In Minnesota, people convicted of sex-related crimes are required to register as predatory offenders. The registration period usually lasts 10 years from sentencing, release, or the end of supervision, but in serious cases, such as repeat offenses or first-degree criminal sexual conduct, it can extend to lifetime registration.
Minnesota spends over $100 million annually on its Sex Offense Civil Commitment (SOCC) program, designed to prevent sex offender recidivism, according to a study by the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center.
As of August 2024, there were 18,877 registered sex offenders living in Minnesota. This translates to roughly 331 offenders per 100,000 residents.
Frequently updated information about sex offenders in Minnesota can be found online here.
Registered Sex Offenders in Ramsey County as of February
| Offender | Crime | Crime description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Nicholas Heinze | Predatory offense, Non-MN Statute, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (2 counts) | Robert Heinze has a history of engaging in incidents of sexual contact against a known male child and a teen. Contact included penetration. Heinze used his established relationship of trust to gain and exploit unmonitored contact with the child victim. He used the internet in order to build trust and facilitate contact with the teenaged victim. |
| Gregory Lewis Smith | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Gregory Smith engaged in sexual contact against an unknown female teen. Contact included penetration. Smith accessed the victim by knocking on her door and forcing his way into her home. He used a weapon and threats of significant harm in an effort to maintain control. |
| Gilbert Vela | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Gilbert Vela engaged in sexual contact against an unknown male teen. Contact included penetration. Force was used to gain control. Vela gained access to the victim by approaching him in a public place. |
| Joseph Charles Zacher | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree | Joseph Zacher has a history (1999 and 2004) of sexual contact against an unknown female child and a known female teen. Contacts included penetration. Zacher accessed one victim by meeting at a social gathering, manipulating the victim to accompany him to an unmonitored and isolated area. He accessed the other victim by using an established relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access. Zacher used victim’s confusion and naivete as well as attention and affection in his efforts to maintain contact. |
| Carl Leroy Anderson | Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | Carl Anderson has a history as a Juvenile of sexually abusing male and female child acquaintances. |
| Jache St John Ashley | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Jache Ashley engaged in sexual contact against an unknown adult female. Contact included penetration. Ashley accessed the victim while in a parking lot, he implied he had a gun and forced the victim to drive him to different locations. Force and threats of a weapon were used to maintain control. Ashley robbed the victim following the sexual assault. |
| Joshua Allen Branville | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Joshua Branville engaged in sexual contact against a known female teen. Contact included penetration. Branville accessed the victim through an established relationship of trust. He used attention and affection to attain unmonitored contact and coercion and force to maintain control. |
| Jeremy Vernon Breezee | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Jeremy Breezee engaged in sexual contact against an adult female whom he had just met. Contact included penetration. Breezee used friendliness and sincerity to gain trust. He then had her accompany him in his vehicle to another location. At that location Breezee used force, violence and threats of serious bodily harm to gain control. |
| Michael Ray Bryant | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Michael Bryant has a history of engaging in sexual contact against unknown adult females. Contact has included touch, attempted penetration, and penetration. Bryant gained access to two separate victims by entering their homes without their knowledge or permission. He accessed another victim as she road in an elevator. Force, violence, and a weapon were used to gain and maintain control. |
| Brian Lee Buse | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree | Brian Buse has a history of engaging in sexual contact against known and unknown female teens and a known adult male. Contacts have included touch and penetration. Buse has accessed victims at a social gathering, while in custody, in public places, and by entering one victim’s home without permission. Buse has used force, an accomplice, and threats of bodily harm in an effort to gain control. |
| Gregory Allen Bye | Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree (2 counts) | Gregory Bye has a history of engaging in unwelcomed touch, stalking behavior and harassing both known and unknown adult females. Contact has included sexual touching and soliciting sexual contact. Bye gained access by approaching them in public places. |
| Scott Edward Cannady | Possession of pornographic work involving minors | Scott Cannady was found in possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. |
| Billy Joe Chapman | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Billy Chapman engaged in sexual contact with a known adult female. Contact included penetration. Force was used to gain compliance. |
| Herman Duquon Curry | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (2 counts) | Herman Curry has a history of sexual conduct and contact with known female children. Conduct has included exposure. Contact included sexual touching and penetration. Curry has used threats and his position of authority to gain compliance. |
| Jesse Hughes Curry | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (2 counts), criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Jesse Curry has a history of sexual contact against known female teens and adults. Contact included penetration. Curry accessed victims at social gatherings and took advantage of one victim’s vulnerable state. Curry has used force and threats of harm to gain control. |
| James Nicholas Dahlager | Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | James Dahlager engaged in sexual contact against a known female child. Contact included touch. Dahlager used his relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access with the victim. He used the victim’s confusion and naiveite in order to maintain control. |
| Robert Michael Emmerich | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | Robert Emmerich engaged in multiple incidents of sexual contact over a period of years against two separate, male children and a teen whom he knew. Contact included penetration. Emmerich gained a relationship of trust, attaining and exploiting unmonitored contact. He used mood altering substances, attention, and affection in an effort to maintain control. |
| Robert James Gibbs | False imprisonment, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Robert Gibbs has a history of engaging in sexual contact against known and unknown female children and teens. Contacts included touch. Gibbs accessed one victim as she was in public and offering to provide assistance. He assessed another victim through his established relations of trust. Withe each incident once isolated, Gibbs used force to maintain control. |
| Eugene Paul Glaraton | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, kidnapping | In 1986 Eugene Glaraton engaged in sexual contact against an unknown male teen. Contact included penetration. Glaraton approached the victim in a public place and forced him to an isolated location. Once isolated force, threats, and a weapon were used to gain control. |
| John Myron Guy | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | John Guy engaged in separate incidents of sexual contact against a known female child, and a female teen. Contact included penetration. Guy gained access to the child victim as they were each in attendance at a social gathering held in a private residence. Guy took advantage of the victim’s altered state to attain and maintain control. John Guy accessed the teen victim as she and others were with him in a hotel room. |
| Newton Wyatt Henderson | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, kidnapping | Newton Henderson held an unknown male and female teens against their will, transported them to another location, and engaged in sexual contact against the female. Contact included penetration. Henderson gained access by approaching them in public and asking them for a ride. Force and threats were used to maintain control. |
| Henry Lean Jackson | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree (2 counts) | Henry Jackson has a history of sexual contact with unknown adult females. Contact included penetration. Jackson gained access by approaching them in public places. Compliance was gained through physical force. Jackson also provided alcohol to one female and took advantage of her vulnerable state. |
| Andre Eugene Jarrett | Kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Andre Jarrett has a history of sexual contact with unknown female teenagers and adults. Contact included penetration. Jarrett gained access to victims by approaching them in a public setting. Force was used to gain compliance. |
| James Timothy Javner | Possession of pornographic work involving minors (2 counts), criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, predatory offense, non-MN statute | In 2003 and 2016, James Javner engaged in sexual conduct and contact against a known female child and a known female teen. Contact included touch. Conduct included displaying sexually graphic images and indecent exposure. Javner accessed the victims through his established relationships of trust. He used manipulation and coercion in order to maintain control. Additionally, Javner was found in possession of child sexual exploitation materials. |
| Bobby Earl Jefferson | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, kidnapping | Bobby Jefferson engaged in sexual contact with an unknown female teenager. Contact included penetration. Jefferson used threats and force to gain compliance. |
| Gentry Jamez Johnson | Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree | Gentry Johnson engaged in sexual contact against an unknown adult female. Contact included touch. Johnson accessed the victim entering her residence without permission. He took advantage of her sleeping state in an effort to maintain control. |
| Allan Kingsley Kerr | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, kidnapping | Allan Kerr engaged in sexual contact against an unknown teenaged female. Contact included penetration. Kerr accessed the victim while she was in public. He used force to get here into his vehicle and transported her to another location using threats and intimidation to maintain control. |
| Ronald Leonard Koepke | Possession of pornographic work involving minors | Ronald Koepke was found in possession of child sex abuse materials. He was not known to and had no contact with the victims depicted. |
| John Joseph Kramer | Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree | John Kramer has a history of sexual contact against a known female child and an unknown female teenager. Contact has included touch and penetration. Kramer gained access to the unknown victim by approaching her in a public setting. He used his relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored contact with the known victim. |
| Delano Mutrice Lampley | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Delano Lampley has a history of sexual contact against known female teenagers. Contact included penetration. Force has been used to gain compliance. |
| James Patrick Langworthy | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | James Langworthy engaged in sexual contact against a known female teen. Contact included penetration. Langworthy used his position of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access. He used attention and affection to create and maintain the relationship. |
| Jason Michael Lenarz | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Jason Lenarz has a history of sexual contact against known female children. Contacts have included penetration. In each incident Lenarz used his various relationships of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access. He used manipulation and coercion in his efforts to maintain control. |
| Michael Liddell | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, use of minors in sexual performance prohibited, possession of pornographic work involving minors | Michael Liddell engaged in sexual contact against two known male teens over an extended period of time. Contact included penetration. Liddell used kindness and interest to formulate relationships of trust. He then exploited those relationships to attain and exploit unmonitored contact with the victims. Additionally, Liddell was found in possession of child sexual exploitation materials. |
| Yia Lor | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Yia Lor engaged in multiple incidents of sexual contact against a known female child. Contact included penetration. Lor established and used a significant relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored contact with the victim. |
| Robert Alex Marshall | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Robert Marshall engaged in sexual contact against a known male child over an extended period of time. Contact included penetration. Marshall used his relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access. He used manipulation and coercion in order to maintain control. |
| Brian William Meger | Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Brian Meger has a history of sexual contact against both known and unknown female children. Contact has included touch and penetration. Meger has utilized his various relationships of trust to gain and exploit unmonitored access with victims. He accessed victim by approaching them in a public setting. Meger manipulation, coercion, and force to gain control. |
| Steven Loren Mehsikomer | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree | Steven Mehsikomer has a history of engaging sexual contact against known female teens. Contact has included touch and penetration. Mehsikomer used his various relationships of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access with the victims. He used manipulation and coercion in order to maintain control. |
| Roy Miller Jr. | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Roy Miller engaged in sexual contact against a known adult female. Contact included touch. Miller accessed the victim through his established relationship of trust. He used force and threats of violence in his effort to maintain control. |
| Artez Lasalle Mitchell | Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | Artez Mitchell engaged in sexual contact with an unknown adult female. Contact included penetration. Mitchell assessed the victim as they were encamped at the same location. Threats and force were used to gain control. |
| Wallace Lynn Moore | Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | Wallace Moore has a history of sexual conduct and contact against known and unknown male children. Conduct included exposure and manipulating his genitals in the presence of victims’. Contact included touch. Moore approached one victim in a public place and offered assistance. He accessed others through his established relationships of trust. |
| Norberto Lazaro Neira | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Norberto Neira, at age 16, engaged in sexual contact with a known female child. Contact included penetration. Neira used attention and affection to create a relationship of trust. He used that relationship to attain and exploit unmonitored contact. Neira also has a history of indecent exposure. |
| Bryan Dale Purdom | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | Bryan Purdom has a history of sexual conduct and contact against known female teens and adults. Conduct has included indecent exposure. Contact has included touch. Purdum creates and exploits relationships of trust to access the victims. He has used manipulation, force, and threats to gain control. |
| Errick Noe Rios | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Errick Rio engaged in sexual contact against a known male child. Contact included penetration. Rio used his significant relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access. |
| Christopher Nicholas Sonsalla | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree | Christopher Sonsalla has a history of engaging in sexual contact against known female teens. Contact has included penetration. Sonsalla used his various relationships of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access with victims. He used attention and affection in an effort to maintain control as well as manipulation and coercion. |
| Lavern Robert Spann | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Lavern Spann at age 36 engaged in multiple incidents of sexual contact against a known female teen over a period of years. Contact included penetration. Spann used his relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored access. He used manipulation and coercion in an effort to maintain control. Following this conviction, Spann’s DNA was collected and connected him to prior sexual assaults from 1993 and 1995. The assaults were against adult female victims, unknown to him. Contact included penetration. In these offenses, Spann gained entry to each victim’s apartment. He used force, violence and threats of serious harm in his efforts to maintain control. |
| Clifton Butch Taylor | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Clifton Taylor, age 17, engaged in sexual contact with a known male child. Contact included penetration. Taylor used his position of authority to gain control. |
| Kevin Maurice Tennin | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | In 1994 Kevin Tennin engaged in sexual contact against an unknown adult male. Contact included penetration. Tennin accessed the victim by entering his residence without permission. He used force, threats of significant harm, and a weapon to maintain control. |
| Kevin Ervin Thorin | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Beginning at the age of 27, Kevin Thorin has a history of engaging in sexual contact with known female adults. Contact included penetration. Force and weapons have been used to gain compliance. |
| Joshua Dean Trester | Possession of pornographic work involving minors, predatory offense, non-MN statute | Joshua Trester has a history of possessing child sex abuse materials. |
| Sia Vang | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Sia Vang engaged in sexual contact against an unknown female teen. Contact included penetration. Vang accessed the victim at a social gathering and befriended her. Once isolated Vang used force, accomplices, and mood-altering substances to maintain control. |
| James Carroll Watkins | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | In 1990, James Watkins abducted and attempted to sexually assault an unknown adult female. Contact included touch. Watkins accessed the victim as she was in public. He used a weapon to gain control. |
| Rickey Harris | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, criminal sexual conduct in the second degree | Rickey Harris has a history of engaging in sexual contact against known adult females. Contact has included penetration. Harris took advantage of one victim’s vulnerable state and has used force and threats to maintain control. |
| Roderick James Emery | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Roderick Emery was an accomplice in the sexual assault of an adult female. Conduct included Emery observing his accomplice assaulting the victim. Emery entered the victim’s residence without permission and stole property. Force and threats of violence were used to maintain control. |
| Eric Devone Pegues | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct; communication of sexually explicit materials to children | Eric Pegues engaged in sexual contact against an unknown female teen. Contact included touch. Pegues and an accomplice accessed the victim while in public then transported her to an isolated location. Pegues used coercion, an accomplice, force, and threats of harm to maintain control. |
| Robert Stanley Hakala | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Robert Hakala engaged in sexual contact against a known adult female. Contact included penetration. Hakala accessed the victim while socializing in public and offering to drive her home. Once isolated, Hakala transported the victim to another location. He used force and threats of significant harm to maintain control. |
| Brian Joseph Smith | Kidnapping | Brian Smith was alleged to have engaged in sexual contact against a known adult female and held her against her will. Contact included penetration. Smith accessed the victim by providing her a ride. He used extreme force, threats of severe bodily harm and a weapon to maintain control. |
Information in this story was obtained from the Minnesota Public Registrant Search. The source data can be found here.
