Are There More Sex Offenders Located in Sussex?

SUSSEX -- 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 Sussex.

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

In total, Sussex houses 14 such offenders.

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

Elm Ave
Crime: Third-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: 10/14/1999

Richmond Rd
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 09/05/1997

Willow Springs Drive
Crime: Causing Mental Harm to Child
Conviction Date: 03/22/2012

Quail Run lane
Crime: Child Enticement
Conviction Date: 04/17/2013

Plainview Road
Crime: Possession of Child Pornography
Conviction Date: 03/16/2007

Laurel Ct.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 06/24/1994

Main St.
Crime: Exposing a Child to Harmful Materials
Conviction Date: 05/19/2000

Blue Heron Drive
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 03/05/1993

Maple Ave.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 08/08/1994

Main St.
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 02/15/2001

Willow Springs Drive
Crime: Sexual Exploitation of Child
Conviction Date: 07/26/2006

Coatney Ct.
Crime: Fourth-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: 09/13/2006

Pembrooke St.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 11/22/2000

Lakeview Drive
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 09/02/1993

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...