[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.