Predatory offender registrations, Morrison County

Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen announced that his office, in cooperation with all local police departments in the county, have recently completed the annual predatory offender registration (POR) 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’s important to note that Minnesota only began registering predatory offenders in 1991 and did not assign risk levels 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 the Department of Corrections officials as 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. Sixty-two predatory offenders were checked by the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office; and the Pierz,  Motley and Royalton Police Departments. Of that number; 19 were Level 1 offenders, six were Level 2; one was Level 3; and 36 offenders were not assigned a risk level. Forty-three predatory offenders were checked by the Little Falls Police Department, which are not part of this breakdown.

Two individuals were found to be noncompliant with conditions imposed upon them. Steven David Fuchs, 29; and Dan Leroy Ferguson, 25, have charges pending through the Morrison County Attorney’s Office for failing to register their current address, which is a felony.