Are There More Sex Offenders Located in Muskego?

Muskego -- In 2014, the Milwaukee Common Council voted to approve a new sex offender ordinance, banning them from living within 2,000 feet of schools, parks and day care centers.

According to a report by the Journal Sentinel this week, supporters of the ordinance back in 2014 said it would protect the public by pushing more offenders out of the city and into the suburbs, where a disproportionately low number of the county’s offenders lived.

We wanted to know what this meant for Muskego.

Using information compiled by the State Department of Corrections, we were able to create a registered sex offender map for Muskego, showing locations of each offender.

In total, Muskego houses 12 such offenders.

Here is a list of the general location, crime and conviction date for each offender.

Lynn Drive
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: 05/06/1988

Loomis Rd.
Crime: Possession of Child Pornography
Conviction Date: 12/15/2011

W. College Ave.
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 04/25/1996

Gregory Drive
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 10/14/1996

Union Church Drive
Crime: Use of a Computer to Facilitate a Child Sex Crime
Conviction Date: 03/10/2005

Martin Drive
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 08/16/2013

Cornell Circle
Crime: Third-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: 11/10/1997

Woods Road
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 03/08/2002

Muskego Drive
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: 06/02/1988

What the Journal Sentinel had found was that Milwaukee County suburbs continue to house about 10% of county offenders — about the same percentage as before the ordinance. As it turns out, tighter rules in Milwaukee haven't produced the mass-exodus into the suburbs as initially thought.

Instead, it has given rise to a spike in the homeless sex offender problem - and that's worrisome for public officials.

For more information, you can visit the Department of Correction's website here: http://offender.doc.state.wi.u...

Image: Wisconsin Department of Corrections