Are There More Sex Offenders Located in Greendale?

GREENDALE -- In 2014, the Milwaukee Common Council voted to approve a new sex offender ordinance, banning them from living within 2,000 feet of schools, parks and day care centers.

According to a report by the Journal Sentinel this week, supporters of the ordinance back in 2014 said it would protect the public by pushing more offenders out of the city and into the suburbs, where a disproportionately low number of the county’s offenders lived.

We wanted to know what this meant for Greendale.

Using information compiled by the State Department of Corrections, we were able to create a registered sex offender map for Greendale, showing locations of each offender.

In total, Greendale houses 5 such offenders.

Here is a list of the general location, crime and conviction date for each offender.

5400 block Meadow Dr.
Crime: Child Enticement
Conviction Date: 06/22/2006

8800 block Greenmeadow Ln.
Crime: Third-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: 09/24/2015

5600 block of Azalea Ct.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: 02/05/1992

5400 block of Rainbow Drive
Crime: Use of a Computer to Facilitate a Child Sex Crime
Conviction Date: 09/10/2004

5500 block Angle Lane
Crime: Repeated Acts of Sexual Assault Against Same Child
Conviction Date: 08/24/1999

What the Journal Sentinel had found was that Milwaukee County suburbs continue to house about 10% of county offenders — about the same percentage as before the ordinance. As it turns out, tighter rules in Milwaukee haven't produced the mass-exodus into the suburbs as initially thought.

Instead, it has given rise to a spike in the homeless sex offender problem - and that's worrisome for public officials.

For more information, you can visit the Department of Correction's website here: http://offender.doc.state.wi.u...

Image Credit: Department of Corrections