Alexandria Police Department

Law Enforcement Center

Alexandria, MN  56308

 

* NEWS RELEASE *

 
Date Reported:  8/29/08 Incident:  Level 3 Predatory Offender
 
Location:  Alexandria, MN
 
Subject:  Chad Jeffrey Thompson
 
Details:  On 8/29/08, the Alexandria Police Department received information from the Minnesota Department of Corrections that a subject by the name of Chad Jeffrey Thompson was released from a correctional facility in the State of Minnesota and has been living in Alexandria.   He has been classified a Level 3 Predatory Offender and is living on Quincy Street in Alexandria, MN.   Attached to this Press Release is an Alexandria Police Department Facts Sheet Notification of Release in Minnesota.   This comes from the Department of Corrections.   There will be a Level 3 Predatory Offender Notification at Jefferson High School on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008, at 6 p.m. at the Jefferson High School gymnasium.   At that notification, there will be a question and answer period.  There will also be generalized information in regards to other offenders living in or around Alexandria.   The fact sheet about Chad Thompson and his risk level 3 is also included on the Minnesota Department of Corrections website and also on the Alexandria Police Department webpage.   

Chief Richard Wyffels

 

Alexandria Police Department

 

FACT SHEET

 

NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE IN MINNESOTA

RISK LEVEL THREE          In addition to level two notification (schools and daycares as well as establishments and

Organizations that primarily serve individuals likely to be victimized by the offender), law enforcement may notify other members of the community whom the offender is likely to encounter.
The Alexandria Police Department is available to provide you with useful information on personal safety.  The Alexandria Police Department may be reached at (320) 763-6631.  To report criminal activity by this offender or any other individual, please call 911.

CHAD JEFFERY THOMPSON

 

DOB: 06/26/1979

                                                                                                                                       

OID: 208014

 

Race: White

Hispanic: No

Height: 5’ 6”

Eyes: Blue

Weight: 195

Hair: Red 

Complexion: Fair

Build: Stocky

 

Registration statute(s): 609.344 & 609.345

 

Investigating agency: Alexandria Police Department &

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

 

Release date: 08/20/2008

 

Supervision agent: Not applicable-expiration of sentence.

  

 

Offense: Offender has a history of sexual contact with juvenile females (age 14-15).  The contact included fondling and penetration.  Offender provided alcohol to at least one victim prior to contact.  Offender was known to victims.

 

Address:  Quincy Street, Alexandria, MN 56308.                                       

 

Date of address change:  08/20/2008

The Alexandria Police Department is releasing this information pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 244.052.  This statute authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sexual or predatory offender’s release from prison or a secure treatment facility when the Alexandria Police Department believes that the release of information will enhance public safety and protection.

 

The individual who appears on this notification has been convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct or another offense that requires registration with law enforcement pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 243.166 or 243.167.

 

This offender is not wanted by the police at this time and has served the sentence imposed on him/her by the court.  This notification is not intended to increase fear in the community.  Law enforcement believes that an informed public is a safer public.

 

The Alexandria Police Department, the supervising release agent, and the Minnesota Department of Corrections may NOT direct where the offender does or does not reside, nor can these agencies direct where he/she works or goes to school.  The risk level of this offender has been determined based largely on his/her potential to re-offend based on his/her previous criminal behavior.

 

Convicted sexual and predatory offenders have always been released to live in our communities.  It was not until the passage of the Registration Act that law enforcement had an ability track the movement of these offenders after their initial release.  With the passage of the Community Notification Act law enforcement may now share information about many of these offenders with the public.  Abuse of this information to threaten, harass or intimidate a registered offender is unacceptable and such acts could be charged as a crime.  Such abuses could potentially end the ability of law enforcement to provide these notifications.  If community notification ends the only person who wins is the offender.  Many of these offenders derive their power from the opportunity that secrecy provides.