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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Judge Tells State to Quickly Find Home for Sex Offender

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…

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Sex Offender Placement Moved Because It's Too Close to Victim

C. Sanders

8:17 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

Put him in a rowboat in high seas in the middle of the Pacific. End of story.   more ›

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Sex Offender Meeting Thursday at Fratt School

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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2:25 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

You are right, patchreader. All those times that liberals labelled conservative judges as cold hearted, overly tough on crime, pandering to the right... yeah they were making it up as well I guess? Go get eduMAcated.   more ›

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