There are seven sex offenders registered in Clay County in May, compared to eight the month before.
The Registry shows one of these sex offender is sexual predator. In Minnesota, convicted predatory offenders also are subject to certain mandatory sentencing laws that are designed to minimize their chances to re-offend.
Minnesota legislation about sex offenders and predators is currently being evaluated and revised, such as if offenders with good behavior can be removed from the Registry.
Frequently updated information about sex offenders in Minnesota can be found online here.
Registered sex offenders in Clay County as of May
| Offender | Crime | Crime description |
|---|---|---|
| Danny Fitzgerald Coleman | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Offender engaged in sexual contact with a 13 year-old female victim. Contact included penetration. Offender gained access to victim through a pretense of asking for assistance. Force and threats were used to gain compliance. Offender was not known to victim. |
| David Mark Harmer | Sex offense, non-MN statute | Offender engaged in sexual contact with a 14 year-old female victim. The contact included penetration. Offender gained compliance through physical force and use of a weapon. Offender gained access to victim by taking advantage of her sleeping state. Offender met victim for the first time on the same day as offense. |
| Leo Leonard Morin | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, kidnapping | Leo Morin has a history of engaging in sexual contact with several known female children. Contact has included sexual touching and penetration. Morin used his position of authority to gain compliance. |
| Jesse James Syverson | Predatory offense, non-MN statute | Jesse Syverson has a history of possessing child pornography on his computer. |
| Rodney Russell Trudeau | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Rodney Trudeau has a history of sexual contact with known female children. Contact has included sexual touching and penetration. Trudeau has used grooming, coercion, and his position of authority to gain compliance. Trudeau gained access while living at victims' residences. |
| Mark Gorman Beito | Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree | Mark Beito (at age 18) engaged in sexual contact with an unknown female teen. Contact included penetration. Beito took advantage of her vulnerable state to gain compliance. |
| Richard Folden | Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree | Richard Folden has a history of engaging in sexual contact with known female children and teens. Contact included penetration. Folden used threats to gain compliance in one instance. |
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