Anchorage, AK – Under “Operation Midnight Sun” federal,
state and local law enforcement officers joined together to account for
registered sex offenders who are currently under supervision with state
probation in the Municipality of Anchorage. Participating in this joint 2-day
operation (August 6-7) was the Alaska –U.S. Marshals Service, Anchorage Police
Department and the Alaska Department of Corrections-Adult Probation-Sex
Offender Unit.
The law enforcement teams conducted sex offender compliance
checks, probation home visits and updated photographs for the Alaska Sex
Offender Registry on registered offenders. The intent was to verify that the
state’s sex offenders are living where they are reporting to the Alaska
registry and State Probation; additionally to arrest anyone that was non-compliant
or a fugitive.
The successful 2-day operation netted the following results:
80 offenders
confirmed to be living where they reported.
9 offenders were
found to be non-compliant; therefore state Failure to Register as a Sex
Offender warrants have been issued.
1 non-compliant
sex offender moved out of state; therefore a federal investigation will be
initiated by the Alaska U.S. Marshals Service for a violation of the Adam Walsh
Act.
2 state probation
violation arrests were affected.
Additionally, as a result of the probation home visits and
searches, the following items were seized:
1 Sears rifle (.22
caliber)
6 cell phones for
analysis
2 computers for
analysis
1 Play Station
Approximately 4oz.
Marijuana and drug paraphernalia
Although this operation concluded on Friday, August 7, 2015,
future efforts will continue in an attempt to contact registered sex offenders
living within our communities. The U.S. Marshals Service, Sex Offender
Investigations Branch (SOIB) was created following the passage of the Adam
Walsh Act on July 27, 2006. The mission of the USMS-SOIB is to protect the
public from sex offenders through the coordinated enforcement of sex offender
registration laws. Sex Offender Compliance Operations such as this one are
being conducted nationwide by USMS and law enforcement partners.
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