High-Risk Sex Offender Pleads No Contest To Imprisoning Parole Monitors In Sonoma County

SONOMA COUNTY, CA – A registered high-risk sex offender pleaded no contest Friday to falsely imprisoning two of his mental health monitors at a motel in April.

Jonathan Michael Hoppner faces two years in prison when he is sentenced March 9 in Sonoma County Superior Court. A misdemeanor battery charge will be dismissed at sentencing.

Hoppner, 24, was involved in an altercation with the victims who were monitoring his release as a high-risk sex offender on parole in Sonoma County. The altercation occurred at America's Best Value Inn at 1800 Santa
Rosa Ave. in Santa Rosa on April 27.

Hoppner had been incarcerated for annoying or molesting a child under age 18 and sexual battery, and his past victims included girls and women ages 15 and 50.

Hoppner initially was located to Petaluma after his release from prison on March 1. Petaluma police objected to his presence in Petaluma and notified the public of his release.

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Previous coverage:

• Registered Sex Offender Arrested At Santa Rosa Motel
• Released Sex Offender Rejected By Local Hotel
• High-Risk Sex Offender To Be Released Friday In Petaluma
• High-Risk Sex Offender Released At Rohnert Park Motel
• High-Risk Offender Leaves Rohnert Park Motel

--Bay City News/Images via Rohnert Park PD, law enforcement agencies