Thursday, February 21, 2013
Racine is considering a rule that would put buffer zones where offenders could not live, similar to what Caledonia has on the books. Neither Mount Pleasant nor Sturtevant have sex offender ordinances.
Where sex offenders live after their release from prison is a touchy subject in any community. But the subject is front-and-center in the Racine area after a convicted sex offender was nearly placed in a home near that of one of his victims. Caledonia has a sex offender ordinance; Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant do not. City of Racine leaders are vetting a new ordinance that would create buffer zones around areas where children congregate. Caledonia's ordinance only allows placement in the village for offenders who are originally from Caledonia. Some of the village restrictions for people released after commitment as a sexually violent person (also known as Chapter 980 commitment) are: Chapter 980 is the statute that outlines how the state …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Michael Fink will move back to the City of Racine by March 7.
Convicted sex offender Michael Fink will become a resident of Racine once again, Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz ruled Thursday. The court hearing was to determine that an acceptable residence has been found and that the parties agree on a release date. Fink will live in a single-family home at 1605 S. Memorial Drive on or before March 7. Fink has been incarcerated since 1994, when he was convicted of sexually assaulting two, 12-year-old girls who were babysitting his stepchildren. After his prison sentence was up, the state successfully petitioned for him to be committed to the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston as a sexually violent offender under the state's 980 civil commitment procedure. Fink was to…
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Convicted sex offender Michael Fink is still going to be released under strict supervision, but finding a new location for him should be the DHS's highest priority, according to Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz.
Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz told state Department of Health Services officials Thursday to make finding a new placement for convicted sex offender Michael Fink one of their highest priorities. The status hearing was scheduled after the state Attorney General's office and DHS officials discovered that Fink's proposed residence at 918 Lathrop Avenue was only a block or two away from one of his victims. Fink was to have been released from Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston into a supervised release program by Friday, but that has been put on hold until a new home for him is found. Fink was first convicted of second degree sexual assault in 1987 for attacking a 15-year-old girl. He spent time in prison for…
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Racine Police Department has canceled a public information meeting that was scheduled for Thursday at Fratt School about the impending supervised release of convicted sex offender Michael Fink.
The state Department of Health Services confirmed Wednesday that convicted sex offender Michael Fink will not be moved to a home on Lathrop Avenue in Manree Park. In an email to Patch, DHS spokeswoman Claire Smith said the reason Fink's release is being relocated is because one of his victims lives in the area. "I can confirm that we will not be placing Mr. Fink at the location that was proposed," she wrote. "We make every effort to ensure that individuals who are placed in the community are not placed near their victims. Had we known that a victim lived within a block or two, we would not have chosen that location." A public information meeting had been scheduled for Thursday at Fratt School to help explain to neighborhood residents the …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Racine Police Department is hosting a public information meeting Thursday at Fratt School because a sex offender is moving into the neighborhood.
West Racine and Manree Park residents received calls Tuesday from the Racine Police Department about a public information meeting this week because a convicted sex offender is moving into the neighborhood. Michael Fink, 44, will be moving to 918 Lathrop Avenue later this month. He was convicted in 1994 of two counts of second degree sexual assault of a child. Fink also has a 1987 conviction of second degree sexual assault. According to a release from RPD, Fink spent about 14 years in prison and in 2008 was confined to Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Facility after being indentified as a sexually violent person. On Dec. 14, the court ordered Fink to supervised release with the conditions that he wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and …
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9:57 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
How would this ordinance keep a sex offender from being accidentally placed next door to their victim? It wouldn't. How would this ordinance keep a sex offender from committing a new crime? It can't. So what does an ordinance like this do for the general public and children? It lulls them into a false sense of security, believing that they are safe when their idea of safety is based on an … more ›