Southern Wisconsin Times

There was the same number of registered sex offenders living in Lafayette County in the week ending Feb. 18 compared to the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

There were 38 sex offenders registered in Lafayette County in the week ending Feb. 18.

The Registry shows 37 of these sex offenders are White.

Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than White Americans to be given lengthy prison terms after being found guilty of sexual assault offenses. Between 2006 and 2017, sentencing for sexual abuse convictions among Black people increased by 1,330.47%, while sentences for White people fell by 8.66%.

Wisconsin, which ranks eighth for the overall number of sex offenders, ranks fifth for sex offenders per 100,000 residents.

A total of 767,023 people were listed on state sex offender registries as of April 2022. This is approximately a two percent decrease from 2021.

Frequently updated information about sex offenders in Wisconsin can be found online here.

Offender	Race	Crime
Alan D. Frye	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Alex David Gertsch	White	Exposing a child to harmful materials, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Angela Giddley	White	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/bodily harm
Benjamin Esh Allgyer	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child, third-degree sexual assault, sexual assault of a child
Billy Lee Phelps	White	Statutory sodomy 2nd degree
Brett Erik Bergan	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Brian J. Holzer	White	Possession of child pornography
Carl J. Knapp	White	Sexual assault of a child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Charles S. Martelle	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Charles W. Edge	White	Child enticement
Cory L. Neff	White	Sexual intercourse with a child age 16 or older
Daniel Esh Fisher	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Douglas E. Wardell	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Duane E. Segner	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Edwin T. Phend	White	First-degree sexual assault of a child
Elam Stolzfus Allgyer	White	Second-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual assault of a child, sexual assault of a child
Elmer Esch Stoltzfus	White	Sexual assault of a child, repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Ernest E. Hess	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
James G. Rees	White	Causing mental harm to a child
Jason E. Devoe	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Jason M. Schmidt	White	Sexually violent person commitment, first-degree sexual assault of a child, second-degree sexual assault of a child
Joel Eric Peters	White	Repeated acts of sexual assault against same child
Joseph R. Kleppin	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Josh T. Donar	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Kelly L. Curkeet	White	Second-degree sexual assault
Loren Christopher Bowen	White	Third-degree sexual assault
Matthew G. Scott	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Michael B. Hayslett	White	Sexual battery/weapon or force
Michael T. Byrne	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Mick Allen Jones	White	Criminal sexual conduct 3rd degree
Richard B. Miles	White	Unlawful sexual contact
Richard S. Howen	White	Lewd and lacivious acts with child
Ronald J. Corley	White	Sexual exploitation of child
Scott Thomas Creed	White	Possession of child pornography
Shaun Wayne Woods	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Tejaskumar Hirabhai Patel	Asian or Pacific Islander	Third-degree sexual assault
Thomas J. Kosharek	White	Second-degree sexual assault of a child
Todd R. Gilbertson	White	Possession of child pornography, child enticement