MONROE - A registered sex offender is being released into the community this week and will be living in Monroe at 1317 17th St., according to the Monroe Police Department.
Bart E. Jenson, 41, was convicted in Green County in 2001 of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female acquaintance in her home by physical force twice in the same day and with sexually groping a 14-year-old female acquaintance in a rural outdoor location.
A jury in December 2001 found Jenson guilty on two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child, according to court records. Judge James Beer sentenced him to five years in prison and five years of extended supervision.
He was sentenced back to prison in 2008 after revoking his parole conditions.
Chief of Police Fred Kelley released a bulletin Friday, July 12 announcing Jenson's release, in accordance with the state's Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law.
Jenson is expected to move into 1317 17th St. on Tuesday, July 16. He will be under 24-hour GPS monitoring and the close supervision of his probation and parole agents.
He is described as a white man, 5-foot-11, 335 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
He is under orders to have no contact with his victims, not drink or go into bars or liquor stores and to have no romantic relationships without prior approval.
Jenson is not currently wanted by police, but his criminal history places him in a classification level that reflects the potential to re-offend.
Kelley cautioned against panic, however.
"This bulletin is not intended to create fear or panic in the community, but to increase awareness and to emphasize the need to practice protective behaviors for yourself and with your children," he wrote.
Jenson "does have a reduced expectation of privacy" due to the nature of his convictions, but "the same civil and constitutional rights as other citizens of Monroe.
"Sex offenders have always lived in our communities, but it was not until Act 440 was enacted (in 1997) that law enforcement is able to share this information with the community. Citizen abuse of this information to threaten, harass or intimidate registered sex offenders will not be tolerated," Kelley wrote.
Kelley asks anyone who witnesses Jenson violate the conditions of his release, or any other suspicious activity, to call Monroe police at 608-329-2400 or contact any law-enforcement agency.
- Katjusa Cisar
Bart E. Jenson, 41, was convicted in Green County in 2001 of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female acquaintance in her home by physical force twice in the same day and with sexually groping a 14-year-old female acquaintance in a rural outdoor location.
A jury in December 2001 found Jenson guilty on two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child, according to court records. Judge James Beer sentenced him to five years in prison and five years of extended supervision.
He was sentenced back to prison in 2008 after revoking his parole conditions.
Chief of Police Fred Kelley released a bulletin Friday, July 12 announcing Jenson's release, in accordance with the state's Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law.
Jenson is expected to move into 1317 17th St. on Tuesday, July 16. He will be under 24-hour GPS monitoring and the close supervision of his probation and parole agents.
He is described as a white man, 5-foot-11, 335 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
He is under orders to have no contact with his victims, not drink or go into bars or liquor stores and to have no romantic relationships without prior approval.
Jenson is not currently wanted by police, but his criminal history places him in a classification level that reflects the potential to re-offend.
Kelley cautioned against panic, however.
"This bulletin is not intended to create fear or panic in the community, but to increase awareness and to emphasize the need to practice protective behaviors for yourself and with your children," he wrote.
Jenson "does have a reduced expectation of privacy" due to the nature of his convictions, but "the same civil and constitutional rights as other citizens of Monroe.
"Sex offenders have always lived in our communities, but it was not until Act 440 was enacted (in 1997) that law enforcement is able to share this information with the community. Citizen abuse of this information to threaten, harass or intimidate registered sex offenders will not be tolerated," Kelley wrote.
Kelley asks anyone who witnesses Jenson violate the conditions of his release, or any other suspicious activity, to call Monroe police at 608-329-2400 or contact any law-enforcement agency.
- Katjusa Cisar