St. Anthony West Gains Sex Offender

The Minneapolis Police Department will be hosting a meeting on Monday, November 24th, 2008, from 7pm–8:30 at St. Maron’s Catholic Church (600 University Av NE) regarding Shawn Troy Carlson.

Shawn Troy Carlson (DOB: 4/28/1974) has advised the Minneapolis Police Department that he is living in our community and is residing in the area of the 2xx block of 6th Av NE (the St. Anthony West neighborhood).
CARLSON IS NOT WANTED BY THE POLICE AT THIS TIME.

Carlson, Shawn Troy Booking PhotoDESCRIPTION OF OFFENDER:

White Male, 6’-0”, 192 lbs, medium build, blue eyes, fair complexion, sandy hair (shaved head), and wears glasses.

DESCRIPTION OF OFFENSE:

This offender has a prior history of engaging in consensual sexual relationships with teenaged females aged 14 to 15 years of age (the age of consent in Minnesota is 16). The Offender was acquainted with his victims and typically “Groomed Them” in order to gain compliance. Mr. Carlson has a history of supervision failures starting in 2000 and continuing to 2003, plus two more in 2006. He has served his sentences to term.

CONDITIONS OF RELEASE: NONE

Supervision expired on 7/13/2007. Carlson is required to register with the State of MN until 3/9/2018.

The Minneapolis Police Department and the Sex Crimes Unit seek your cooperation in monitoring the behavior of this individual. Please call the Sex Crimes Tip Number 612-673-2802, or Probation Officer Bobbie Jones at 612-596-0504 with questions or concerns.

Level 3 Offenders are those most likely of all risk groups to re-offend. Check offenders on the MN Department of Corrections website at www.doc.state.mn.us

This notification is not intended to increase fear. It is our belief that an informed public is a safer public. The Minneapolis Police Department has no legal authority to direct where a released offender may or may not live. Unless court ordered restrictions exist, an offender may live wherever he chooses.

Sex offenders have always lived in our communities but it was not until passage of the Community Notification Bill and Sex Offender Registration Act, that law enforcement knew where they were living. Due to the passage of these laws, law enforcement can now share information with the public. Abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate, or harass registered sex offenders will not be tolerated and may be a crime. Such abuse could potentially end our ability to notify the community when sex offenders are released into the public.

The Minneapolis Police Department is releasing this information pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 244.052, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender who has been released from custody regarding his criminal conviction.

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