Lakeville Predatory Offender Case Continued to January

Lakeville resident Sean Charles Fikes, 35, is going to have to wait until 2012 to learn his fate after failing to register as a predatory offender for almost a year.

Dakota County District Court Judge Tim Wermager continued Fikes' omnibus hearing to Jan. 25 and—if necessary—scheduled a jury trial for Feb. 13. 

Originally scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 19, Fikes spent much of Monday working on a plea agreement with Dakota County prosecutors and public defender Andrea Anderson. 

on Nov. 28 after issued a nationwide warrant for his arrest in May 2011. 

According to the criminal complaint, Fikes submitted a change of address form to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on July 7, 2010.

The form stated that his new address would be located in the 16000 block of Foliage Ave in Apple Valley, Minn.

By May 2011, Fikes still had not been found, all mail was returned and his last known mobile number was out of service.

Fikes was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in June 1997 and was required to register his residence for 10 years thereafter.

But, since Fikes was incarcerated for separate offenses in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009, he was required to register as a predatory offender for 10 years after the release date of his most recent incarceration.

Thus, Fikes is required to register until Mar. 12, 2019.

If convicted of the charge, Fikes faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Fikes remains incarcerated in Dakota County Jail pending his Jan. hearing.