DATE & TIME: 08-16-2017 / 10:00-19:00
LOCATION: Beatrice, Adams, Wymore, Blue Springs, Barneston, Liberty, Virginia and rural Gage County
OFFENSE: Sex Offender Compliance Checks
CASE #: 2017-4525 through 2017-4563
On Wednesday, 08-16-2017, investigators and deputies from the Gage County Sheriff’s Office, along with officers from the Beatrice Police Department, troopers from the Nebraska State Patrol, and deputy US Marshals, conducted a county wide compliance check of over 60 registered sex offenders residing in Beatrice, Wymore, Adams, Blue Springs, Barneston, Virginia, and Liberty, Nebraska. Southeast Communications provided radio and dispatch services, along with checking for warrants on subjects when requested by an officer. A similar compliance operation was run concurrently in Saline County, Nebraska.
This compliance check in Gage County resulted in: 1. One arrest of a registered sex offender on two warrants (Sex Offender Registration Act/SORA violation and Theft).
Persons subject to the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry are required to report information such as, but not limited to, addresses, vehicles they own or operate, employment, schools attending, telephone/cell phone numbers, and other identifying information.
The Nebraska legislature has codified the rationale for the collection and dissemination to the public of this information. It is found in Nebraska Revised Statute 29-4002.
Nebraska Revised Statute 29-4002
Legislative Findings
The Legislature finds that sex offenders present a high risk to commit repeat offenses. The Legislature further finds that efforts of law enforcement agencies to protect their communities, conduct investigations, and quickly apprehend sex offenders are impaired by the lack of available information about individuals who have pleaded guilty to or have been found guilty of sex offenses and who live, work, or attend school in their jurisdiction. The Legislature further finds that state policy should assist efforts of local law enforcement agencies to protect their communities by requiring sex offenders to register with local law enforcement agencies as provided by the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Sheriff Millard “Gus” Gustafson #903
Investigator T. Hanson #90310