SC Wisconsin News

There was the same number of registered sex offenders living in Columbia County in the week ending Sept. 2 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 124 sex offenders registered in Columbia County in the week ending Sept. 2.

The Registry shows 115 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
Aaron Lewis Haney	White	Carnal knowledge
Adam J. Rodger	White	Fourth degree sexual assault
Alberto E. Reyes	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Alexander Raymond Blersch	White	Abduction of another's child
Andres Feliciano-Ramos	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Andrew J. Osterhoff	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Andrew J. Rockhill	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Anthony J. Riesland	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Anthony Rubio	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Austin M. Bashynski	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Ben Oldakowski	White	Rape, sexually violent person commitment
Brandon J. Hagy	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Brandon John Zynski	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Brent Jay Petersen	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Brett M. Berryman	White	Possession of child pornography
Brian D. Warren	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Brian Scott	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Charles B. Curran	White	First-degree sexual assault
Chris W. Poad	White	Sexually violent person commitment, second-degree sexual assault
Christian D. Koeshall	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Christopher J. Ontiveros	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Dale D. Drinkwater	White	Possession of child pornography
Daniel Shebel	White	Distribution of child pornography
David G. Gratzl	White	Not guilty by reason of mental disease
David J. Cobbs	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
David P. Nack	White	Child enticement, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dean Briggs	White	Oral copulation with a minor
Derrick J. Gray	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Dominic P. Parise	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Drew T. Potter	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Edward L. Thomas	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, sexual assault of a minor, 2nd degree
Eric R. Schoenherr	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Eric Scott Watters	White	Child enticement
Gail L. Wille	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Gary P. Wantroba	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Gregory J. Thurber	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Gregory M. Heep	White	Possession of child pornography
Isaac Smith	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jake H. Elkins	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials
James A. Oberleitner	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, third-degree sexual assault
James T. Amour	American Indian or Alaskan Native	First-degree sexual assault, sexually violent person commitment
Jason J. Keating	White	Criminal sexual conduct, fourth degree
Jeffrey J. Olson	White	Fourth-degree sexual assault
Jeremy J. Prindle	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Jeremy L. Johnson	White	Possession of child pornography
Jerimiah R. Mankowski	White	Criminal sexual conduct 4th degree
Jerome W. L. Scott	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jessie J. Trombley	White	Forcible touch
Jestin Z. Becker	White	Strangulation and suffocation, third-degree sexual assault
Jesus Sanchez	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
John Fehrman	White	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim under 13
John R. Reuter	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jonathan Evert	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Jonathan Phillips	White	Sexually violent person commitment, first-degree sexual assault of a child
Joshua Raymond Ohrt	White	Intentionally subject an individual at risk to abuse - likely to cause bodily harm
Kaleb Brian Kurzweil	White	Rape 2nd (youthful offender)
Keewan J. Singleton	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Kenneth L. Temen	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Kenneth W. Baker	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Kevin R. Smith	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Kevin Winkers	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Larry Alan Watters	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Loren R. Wirsbinski	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Louis G. Kostelaz	White	Indecent solicitation of a child
Lyle M. Dismuke	Black	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Marjoe C. Martino	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Matthew R. Martin	White	Indecent assault and battery of child under 14
Michael Anthony Bittner	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Michael J. Corning	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael P. Fecht	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael P. Vanwormer	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Nicholas Marshall	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Nicholas R. Knoble	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Noah A. Beckwith	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Noah B. Quinnell	White	Attempt sexual assault
Patrick J. Summerton	White	Sexual with child age 16 or older
Paul A. Olivares	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Paul E. Cebery	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Paul M. Carpenter	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Paula M. George	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Peter L. Dunn	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Phillip D. Coleman	White	Sexual assault of a child
Ralph E. Kendall	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Raymond D. Cooper	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Richard A. Stackhouse	White	Sexual assault of a student by school staff
Richard C. Reichhoff	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Richard Wille	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Ricky J. Roth	White	First-degree sexual assault
Robert Taylor	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ross M. Stone	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ryan S. Hickey	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Ryan W. Holtz	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Samuel A. Noble	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Scott A. Powers	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Sean C. Larson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Sebastian R. Bulanda	White	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse, victim 13-16
Seth D. Kerr	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Seth Whitney	American Indian or Alaskan Native	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Shawn N. Pendleton	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Shawn R. Olson	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Shawn William Elert	White	Traveling to meet a minor (parent) -
Stacy Horsfall	White	Possession of child pornography
Stanford L. Sr Clacks	Black	Second-degree sexual assault
Stanley Kuloszewski	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven J. Bennett	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Steven Sutton	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Terry J. Jansen	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Thomas Howard	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Thomas J. Talbot	White	Attempted rape 3rd degree
Thomas J. Traver	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Thomas L. Tewes	White	Possession of child pornography
Timothy J. Braatz	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child, child enticement
Timothy L. Hanson	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Tom J. Swadley	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Tristan B. Kingsland	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Tyler J. Moll	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Walter A. Fitz	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Wayne J. Screnock	Asian or Pacific Islander	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
William A. Schmidt	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child, sexually violent person commitment
William K. Fritz	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
William P. Hermann	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
William S. Long	White	Attempted child prostitution
Willie L. Mallit	Black	Third-degree sexual assault
Zachary J. Dachel	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials, causing mental harm to a child