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There was the same number of registered sex offenders living in Sauk County in the week ending Aug. 19 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 153 sex offenders registered in Sauk County in the week ending Aug. 19.

The Registry shows 146 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
Adam V. Balch	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Alex M. Balch	White	Possession of child pornography
Amberlyn M. Higgins	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Andrea Yurowski	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Andrew A. Bandoli	White	Second-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Andrew P. Klees	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Andrew W. Kettner	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Anthony J. Bonham	White	Distribution of child pornography
Antonio Dewayne Dense	Black	Third-degree sexual assault
Arthur A. Mason	White	Possession of child pornography
Axel R. Conrad	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Blake A. Holmes	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Brady P. Cork	White	Sexual assault of a child
Brandon A. Goodell	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Brandon S. Lee	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
Brian A. Buchanan	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Brian M. Hunt	White	Possession of child pornography
Brian P. Chambers	White	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Brian Payton	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Brian T. Evert	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
Bruce A. Smith	White	Possession of child pornography
Caleb G. Funmaker	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Third-degree sexual assault
Christopher G. Raedel	White	Child enticement
Christopher J. Plowman	White	Sexual assault of a child
Christopher J. Tsikretsis	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Christopher L. Combs	White	Sexually violent person commitment, second-degree sexual assault
Christopher L. Kratky	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dale Rinabarger	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Damian S. Zirzow	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Damon Gudenschwager	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel C. Piwonski	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel Emerson	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel L. Gabelt	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Daniel R. Vincent	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Danny Maxey	White	Possession of child pornography
Darcy W. Powell	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, sexually violent person commitment
Darrick Desiderio	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Abusive sexual contact
David A. Patten	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
David E. Granger	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault
David J. Ploof	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
David L. Marsden	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Deborah Williams	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Dennis D. Lemoine	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Dennis L. Gruber	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Derek W. Pfeil	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Dirk R. Krause	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Donald D. Keller	White	Sexual assault of a child
Douglas A. Bronson	White	Third-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual assault
Dustin D. Heiney	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Dustin R. James	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Dylan T. Seipp	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Edward J. Tuttle	White	Aggravated child molestation
Enrique E. Moliner-Wetzel	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Eric D. Newby	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Eugene Starks	White	Possession of child pornography
Frank L. Martz	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Gregory Edward Gudziunas	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jacob M. Trumm	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jacob P. Hutter	White	Lewd, lascivious batt sexual with victim 12- 15
James A. Syvrud	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
James C. M. Nault-Hart	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
James E. Blaser	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
James Frank March	White	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim under 13
James L. Haensgen	White	Possession of child pornography
James V. Mathias	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jason A. Foster	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jason S. Mathis	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jeffrey M. Denman	White	Possession of child pornography
Jeffrey S. Towne	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jeffrey Wilson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jeremy Engebretson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jerome L. Taylor	Black	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Jesse S. J. Griffiths	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
John E. Hill	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
John E. Pierce	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
John H. Terpstra	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
John Lyle Drennan	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
John R. Mckittrick	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jonus Jerome Womack	White	Indecency with a child by exposure
Joseph A. Sullivan	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Joseph Hickey	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Joshua Bosworth	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Joshua D. Thiessen	White	Child enticement
Joshua J. Blixt	White	Sexual exploitation of children
Joshua L. Pagel	White	Child enticement
Justin D. Roesch	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Justin E. Smet	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Justin K. Feight	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Justin M. Hannam	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Kevin Flatt	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Kevin P. Killam	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Kirk Nielsen	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Lance A. Fortney	White	Indecent exposure
Lawrence Maak	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Lewis A. Cancel Agostini	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Third-degree sexual assault
Mark A. Neuman	White	Attempted luring a minor for sexual exploitation
Marranda S. Hughes	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
Matthew F. Riedel	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Melissa M. Parchem	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
Michael A. Burford	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael Concha	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Michael G. Powers	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael Latin	White	Lewd assault/sexual battery victim under 16
Michael Timothy Ringelstetter	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Nathan Edwin Stromberg	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Nicholas Ryan Sailing	White	Possession of child pornography
Pace C. Merrill	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Parker R. Spees	White	Cause child to view or listen to sexual activity
Peter A. Huefner	White	Aggravated sexual assault of a child
Peter J. King	White	Use of a computer to facilitate a child sexual crime, child enticement
Peter L. Schroeder	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Philip C. Zimmerman	White	Child enticement
Randolph A. Kellner	White	Sexually violent person commitment, second-degree sexual assault
Raul Murray	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Raymond Wilk	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Rheanne Elizabeth Martinez	White	Criminal sexual conduct 4th degree
Riley M. Roth	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert Adank	White	Use of a computer to facilitate a child sexual crime
Robert B. Frier	White	First-degree sexual assault, sexually violent person commitment
Robert D. Mcgrath	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert J. King	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert L. Schrofer	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Robert T. Dunn	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Roger L. Liegel	White	First-degree sexual assault
Roy C. O'neal	White	Rape, sexually violent person commitment
Russell K. Burg	White	Possession of child pornography
Ryan J. Denman	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ryan L. Dreifke	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ryan M. Kramer	White	Child enticement
Samuel Adams Terwall	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Samuel Stricker	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Scot L. Baer	White	Sexual assault of a child
Scott Knott	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Scott W. Sachse	White	Possession of child pornography
Scott W. Taylor	White	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Sean J. Duffy	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Sean M. Pfile	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Shane A. Parish	White	Possession of child pornography
Shannon R. Bassar	White	Child enticement
Shaun N. Mislivecek	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Sherry M. Davenport	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven C. Bilek	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven D. Richert	White	First-degree sexual assault
Thomas Chester Miller	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, sexually violent person commitment
Thomas Wolff	White	Aggravated sexual battery
Thomas Z. Pawlak	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Timothy A. Elfgen	White	Aggravated criminal sexual assault
Todd M. Hinz	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Trenton J. Labansky	White	Possession of child pornography
William E. Berlin	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
William F. Wenzel	White	Possession of child pornography
William R. Graf	White	Second-degree sexual assault, indecent behavior with a child, soliciting a child for prostitution, child enticement
Zachary Reed Smith	White	Third-degree sexual assault