TOWN OF RIB FALLS, WI (OnFocus) – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has informed the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office that a convicted sex offender will be placed on supervised release from a Chapter 980 civil commitment and will be placed at 133400 STH-29 in the Town of Rib Falls starting February 21, 2022.
The offender, William H. Craig, 34, will be released from Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
This residence is rented by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and has traditionally been used as part of its supervised release program.
Craig is a white male who is 6’1″ and 211 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes with scars on his right elbow and palm.
The purpose of this notification is to ensure safe neighborhoods by informing the public when a sex offender who qualifies for a Special Bulletin Notification is released into the Marathon County community.
On June 1, 1997, Wisconsin State Statute 301.45 (Act 440), the Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law, took effect to enhance public safety and protection. Craig’s targeted victims include minor male and female children. Upon conclusion of his prison sentence on a first degree sexual assault of a child conviction, he was committed under the state’s sexually violent person law.
For more information regarding the Supervised Release Program, please visit their website at: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/sr.
The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office expects Craig to cooperate and comply with the the conditions and rules of his release. If you observe any violations, please contact the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office at the non-emergency number: 715-261-1200.
For further information, please visit the Sex Offender Registry at http://offender.doc.state.wi.us/public/.
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