MONROE - A community notification meeting to inform the public about the release of a sex offender to Monroe will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in City Hall.
Bart E. Jenson, 36, is scheduled to be released from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Jan. 29. He will live at 1317 17th St. in Monroe.
Jenson is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 375 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and wears glasses.
Jenson was convicted in 2001 of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female acquaintance by physical force twice in the same day in her home. He also groped a 14-year-old female acquaintance in a rural outdoor location.
He was sentenced to six years in prison and seven years extended supervision in February 2002.
Jenson will be under electronic monitoring 24 hours a day, according to Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley. He also will be subject to frequent, unannounced home visits by agents.
He is forbidden to have contact with his victims and can't have unapproved meetings with minors. He also cannot have alcohol or illegal drugs. He cannot go into bars, taverns or liquor stores; and cannot have relationships without prior approval.
Kelley said Jenson could be taken into custody should he not follow the required rules.
Sex offender release notification meetings have been held in the past to create awareness in the community, Kelley said.
"An informed public is a safer public," Kelley said.
However, Kelley said the purpose of the meeting isn't to create panic or fear.
"The purpose of the meeting is to emphasize the need to practice protective behaviors."
At the meeting, members of the Department of Corrections and the Monroe Police Department will provide information about sex offenders in general; provide information about Jenson, including some specific information about his offenses and rules of supervision; how to protect children from sex offenders and how to talk to them about protective behaviors.
Kelley said the meeting isn't to harass or further punish the offender; to traumatize victims or hamper the offender's chances of reintegration into the community.
Bart E. Jenson, 36, is scheduled to be released from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Jan. 29. He will live at 1317 17th St. in Monroe.
Jenson is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 375 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and wears glasses.
Jenson was convicted in 2001 of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female acquaintance by physical force twice in the same day in her home. He also groped a 14-year-old female acquaintance in a rural outdoor location.
He was sentenced to six years in prison and seven years extended supervision in February 2002.
Jenson will be under electronic monitoring 24 hours a day, according to Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley. He also will be subject to frequent, unannounced home visits by agents.
He is forbidden to have contact with his victims and can't have unapproved meetings with minors. He also cannot have alcohol or illegal drugs. He cannot go into bars, taverns or liquor stores; and cannot have relationships without prior approval.
Kelley said Jenson could be taken into custody should he not follow the required rules.
Sex offender release notification meetings have been held in the past to create awareness in the community, Kelley said.
"An informed public is a safer public," Kelley said.
However, Kelley said the purpose of the meeting isn't to create panic or fear.
"The purpose of the meeting is to emphasize the need to practice protective behaviors."
At the meeting, members of the Department of Corrections and the Monroe Police Department will provide information about sex offenders in general; provide information about Jenson, including some specific information about his offenses and rules of supervision; how to protect children from sex offenders and how to talk to them about protective behaviors.
Kelley said the meeting isn't to harass or further punish the offender; to traumatize victims or hamper the offender's chances of reintegration into the community.