[0:05] Hello, my name is Nick Newton and I'm [0:07] the chief of police for the Oakdale [0:08] Police Department. We are creating this [0:10] video in collaboration with the [0:12] Minnesota Department of Corrections to [0:14] inform our community about a level three [0:16] predatory offender moving into our city. [0:19] We are reporting this information to you [0:21] as we want to protect our community by [0:23] disclosing information about this [0:25] offender. We recognize that when a level [0:28] three offender moves into our community, [0:30] it can create feelings of fear and [0:32] angst. The safety of our community is [0:34] the highest priority. While we embrace [0:36] and seek to protect the constitutional [0:38] rights of all, make no doubt about it [0:40] that your police officers are aware of [0:42] this individual moving into the city and [0:44] we will continue proactively policing to [0:46] make our community as safe as possible. [0:48] We have brought in a subject matter [0:50] expert to assist with this notification. [0:52] Brad Vandervet from the Department of [0:54] Corrections will provide useful [0:55] information about predatory offenders [0:57] and share information pertaining to this [0:59] individual. Brad is considered authority [1:02] on predatory offenders and he helps [1:04] cities and counties throughout the state [1:05] of Minnesota with community [1:07] notifications. [1:08] Before I turn this over, take note that [1:11] there will be contact information for [1:12] the Department of Corrections and the [1:14] Oakdale Police Department following this [1:16] presentation. Should you have any [1:18] questions or concerns, please don't [1:20] hesitate to reach out to us. Thank you. [1:24] Hi, my name is Brad Vandervet and I am [1:27] with the Minnesota Department of [1:28] Corrections in the Risk Assessment and [1:30] Community Notification Unit. [1:35] In Minnesota, the registry, originally [1:38] known as the sex offender registry, came [1:41] online in the early 90s and was built on [1:45] the knowledge and understanding that if [1:47] we could bring all of our data together [1:49] that was previously stored within [1:51] various law enforcement agencies, file [1:54] systems all into one central location [1:57] with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal [1:59] Apprehension, we could expedite uh those [2:03] investigations when and if the need [2:05] arose and so the registry was born out [2:08] of that need and necessity. The Bureau [2:10] of Criminal Apprehension is the primary [2:14] resource for this information and the [2:17] information they collect and retain is [2:19] private by law and accessible to law [2:23] enforcement and corrections only for the [2:26] purposes of managing this unique [2:28] population. [2:31] When you think about the registry, I [2:33] want to have in your mind an analogy of [2:37] a funnel. And I want you to think at the [2:40] largest end of that funnel are those [2:42] offenses of a sexual nature that occur. [2:46] And from what we know from our data and [2:48] research is that the majority of those [2:51] offenses that occur do not get reported [2:54] at all to law enforcement. and our [2:56] funnel begins to narrow instantly. Of [3:00] those that do get reported to law [3:02] enforcement, only a portion of those [3:05] will go on to receive formal charges by [3:08] the county attorney's office. And we [3:10] narrow again. [3:13] And by those that go through the [3:15] judicial process after they've been [3:17] formally charged, only a portion of that [3:20] group may receive convictions for those [3:23] charged crimes. and we narrow again. And [3:27] of those that do get convicted, only a [3:29] portion of that group will go on to [3:32] enter prison where they are assessed and [3:34] assigned a risk level. So by the time we [3:37] get to the numbers before you here know [3:39] that we are well down that funnel to [3:42] about at least 2/3 if not more down the [3:46] neck of that funnel where we can say at [3:48] the time of this recording we had [3:51] approximately 19,028 [3:53] registrants within the state of [3:55] Minnesota. That would be all of them. [3:58] And at the moment of the snapshot I [4:01] took, you can see how those numbers [4:03] break down in and around regions near [4:06] you. The larger number to the left [4:08] represents those subject to the [4:11] registry. That is all registered [4:13] individuals from no risk level assigned [4:16] through levels 1, 2, and three. That [4:20] smaller number to the right represents [4:22] those registered individuals that are [4:24] subject to broad public notification. [4:27] And the takeaway here as you look [4:29] through these numbers is that while we [4:33] get to know about those subject to broad [4:35] public notification, we understand by [4:38] looking here that that broader awareness [4:42] is just so very critical. We don't want [4:44] you focusing on just any one individual [4:48] because we know that those who have come [4:50] known to the system, come through the [4:52] system and received those resources uh [4:56] are are frequenting other communities [4:59] than where they live primarily. [5:02] The Community Notification Act came [5:04] online a number of years after the [5:07] registry and is built on the knowledge [5:10] and understanding that a well-informed [5:12] community is in fact a safer community [5:15] and is separate from the registry. As [5:17] you've come to understand, in order for [5:20] community notification to apply, a [5:23] registrant must be an adult. And in [5:26] Minnesota, we register children as young [5:28] as age 10. So they must be an adult and [5:32] they must have crossed the threshold of [5:35] prison. For those with stayed or [5:37] probationary sentences, they are [5:40] designated no level assigned. This does [5:43] not imply that they do not have risk [5:45] factors. It simply means that we have [5:47] not assessed or assigned that risk to [5:50] them unless or until they cross that [5:52] threshold of prison. any prison will do [5:55] within the state of Minnesota throughout [5:57] the nation to include US territories, [6:00] federal prisons, military prisons, and [6:02] we also include those civily committed [6:05] persons for sex offending conduct and [6:07] behavior. [6:10] For level three design, [6:13] the law enforcement agency in the [6:16] jurisdiction where that registrant [6:18] resides primarily is able to provide [6:21] broad public notification and that [6:24] notification can come in a variety of [6:27] formats and styles. The one main thing [6:30] that has to occur is that law [6:32] enforcement will authorize the [6:33] Department of Corrections to place that [6:36] registrant onto the public registrant [6:39] search site. This site's often confused [6:42] as being the registry itself, but as [6:44] you've seen, it is not. The registry, [6:47] remembering, is only for law enforcement [6:49] purposes. The public registrant search [6:51] site applies to those subject to this [6:53] level of notification, those level three [6:55] design or those being discharged from [6:58] the Minnesota sex offender program. [7:02] This is Norberto Nerra. First, I want to [7:04] speak to photographs. Photographs are [7:07] updated on average of annually or if the [7:11] subject were to significantly modify or [7:13] change their appearance. If you were to [7:16] see or observe a registrant subject to [7:18] broad notification and note that they [7:20] had modified or changed their appearance [7:22] in a in a significant way, please do let [7:25] local law enforcement or corrections [7:28] know if they're involved and they will [7:30] attain updated photographs and get them [7:32] onto the registry where I will then [7:34] attain them and get them onto that [7:36] public registrant search tool so that [7:38] you will always have an accurate [7:40] photograph of the individual for as long [7:41] as they are subject to this level of [7:44] information notification. [7:47] These are Mr. Ner's vitals. He's [7:49] currently 36 years of age and resides at [7:52] the 7800 block of Stillwater Boulevard [7:55] North here in Oakdale. I want to take a [7:58] moment to explain the use of proximal [8:01] addresses. The state utilizes a proximal [8:04] address in order to mitigate risk from [8:08] vigilanteism. [8:10] for those that may not be within the [8:13] Oakdale community who are out engaging [8:17] in their own violent behavior and [8:19] conduct in an effort to write the wrong [8:23] of of sexual harm. We know that [8:26] vigilantism like that does nothing to [8:28] mitigate risk and it does nothing to [8:32] restore a victim or make them whole and [8:34] it only serves to disrupt the very [8:36] things we're trying to do here within [8:38] our communities. So this is why we [8:41] utilize a proximal address. Law [8:44] enforcement has the exact address of [8:47] where all registrants live, where they [8:50] may frequent, secondary addresses, where [8:52] they work, and schools they attend, and [8:55] so on. So law enforcement and [8:57] corrections, if they're involved, will [8:58] always know specific information about [9:01] these individuals. [9:04] This is Mr. Nerra's registerable offense [9:07] history. This is not an exhaustive [9:09] criminal history. We have some resources [9:11] that will be made available to you if [9:13] you're interested in learning about full [9:15] criminal histories and how to search [9:17] those. But because notification focuses [9:21] on registerable conduct and behavior, we [9:24] focus our notification information on [9:26] that data as well. [9:28] In 2005, Mr. Nera came onto the registry [9:33] following a conviction for criminal [9:35] sexual conduct in the first degree out [9:37] of Ramsey County. This conviction was [9:40] juvenile in nature. Mr. Ner at the time [9:43] was a child age 16. The victim was a [9:47] known female 12 years of age. Mr. Nerra [9:51] had formulated a relationship with the [9:54] victim and used that trust that he'd [9:57] built to uh have her accompany him [10:00] outside of a youth center uh where he [10:03] engaged in his sexual harm. For this [10:06] crime, he was initially granted extended [10:09] juvenile jurisdiction or EJJ. He was [10:12] allowed the benefit of the juvenile [10:14] justice system. However, in time, the [10:17] court grew weary of Mr. Nerra's [10:20] compliance with their rules, uh, their [10:24] technical expectations of his time on [10:26] their supervision. And they re they [10:28] revoked that EJJ, that extended juvenile [10:31] jurisdiction and implemented an adult [10:33] sentence at at the time he was over the [10:35] age of 18. And so CSC1 or criminal [10:39] sexual conduct first degree carries with [10:40] it for him 144month commit to the [10:43] commissioner of corrections or prison [10:45] time and a 5-year conditional release [10:47] periods. Twothirds of which are served [10:50] in the institution, one-third by law is [10:53] served in the community on supervised [10:55] release. [10:58] In 2017, Mr. Nerra was convicted for a [11:02] noncriminal gross or I'm sorry, [11:05] non-felony level gross misdemeanor [11:07] indecent exposure out of Henipin County. [11:10] He engaged in exhibitionistic behavior [11:13] while in a public space uh in a shopping [11:15] area and was observed by multiple staff [11:19] within that space uh manipulating [11:22] himself in public. And for that crime, [11:25] he received the maximum amount of time [11:26] available for gross misdemeanor, which [11:28] is a year, and placed under supervision [11:31] with the court for 2 years. [11:35] And in 2023, Mr. Nero was once again [11:38] convicted of a gross misdemeanor level [11:41] indecent exposure. This time out of [11:43] Anoka County. Mr. Janeiro was found uh [11:46] in the community in public uh exposing [11:49] himself by an adult female staff person [11:52] who had left her place of employment and [11:54] observed him in his vehicle and notified [11:56] law enforcement of his presence and [11:58] conduct. And for this crime, he also [12:01] received the maximum gross misdemeanor [12:03] sentence available with 365 days stayed [12:06] uh for 2 years and placed on to [12:08] supervision. With gross misdemeanor [12:10] files, that supervision is local in [12:12] nature. So, as it sits with Mr. Nerra, [12:16] his his prison chronology breaks down as [12:19] follows. In 2007, he entered prison [12:21] again for that CSSE first degree, that [12:24] criminal sexual conduct first degree, [12:26] and served that time. While in prison, [12:28] he was assessed and assigned by the risk [12:30] assess assignment committee, the end of [12:32] confinement review committee, uh, a risk [12:35] level of three. And in 2017, as you saw [12:40] from his history, he came back for being [12:43] in violation of his release conditions [12:45] for that gross misdemeanor indecent [12:47] exposure in Henipin County and so was [12:50] returned to the institution and that [12:51] sentence, that felony level CSC1 [12:54] sentence expired in 2019. [12:58] As it sits right now, Mr. Jira remains [13:01] under local supervision for that Anoka [13:03] County file and that file is set to [13:05] expire in October of 2025. [13:09] However, because of his uh conduct and [13:12] behavior, Mr. Nerra is subject to the [13:14] registry for life. Uh this typical [13:17] registration term is 10 years. However, [13:20] as you see here, Mr. Nerra will be [13:22] subject to registration for life and law [13:24] enforcement will always know where he [13:26] lives, where he works, what he drives, [13:28] etc. And for as long as he retains that [13:30] risk level of three, you will know that [13:32] information as well. [13:36] Please look to further resources as you [13:39] look to implement this information into [13:41] your own unique family and broader [13:43] community safety planning efforts. If [13:46] you have any questions at all, please [13:47] reach out to either the supervising [13:50] agent that's working with Mr. near until [13:52] October. Or you can reach out to your [13:54] local law enforcement. You can reach out [13:57] to victim services, whether that's state [13:59] level or local level victim services [14:02] that are available to you. And you can [14:04] reach to us at the Department of [14:06] Corrections as well. Thank you.