 Attention five points residents. This is a community notification of a new sexually violent predator in your area. Please stay tuned to the following short program for more information. Hi I'm technician Ron Hackett with the Denver Police Department. The sex offender registration and compliance unit at DPD is responsible for the registration monitoring and tracking of all registered sex offenders and sexually violent predators who live in the city and county of Denver. Here's a brief history of sex offender legislation in Colorado. Our state laws trickle down from federal government mandates. In 1994 we had the Jacob Wetterling Act which mandated that states would establish a sex offender list. Magans law of 1996 said that the public would have access to those sex offender registration lists. The Pam Litchner Act of 1996 stated that some offenders might have to have lifetime registrations and the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 unified sex offender laws across the country. In Colorado the legislature has determined that sexually violent predators by definition pose a higher risk to the community at large and therefore mandated that upon their release from the Department of Corrections the community must be notified. Sex offender notification in Colorado happens in two ways. The first is passive and ongoing through the sex offender registration process which is a list maintained by local police departments. The second way is active via community notification for those offenders determined to be sexually violent predators by the courts or by the parole board. Most sex offenders in Colorado are supervised by the criminal justice system in our communities. Most sex offenders engage in crossover behavior which means they may have been arrested for one type of crime but be apt to commit another. Many sex offenders have no criminal history at all prior to their arrest. There is no typical sex offender but all tend to be deceptive, manipulative and secretive. 80 to 93 percent of sex offenses are committed by someone known to the victim. Sexual deviancy begins in mid to late adolescence. Sex offenses are not impulsive. They are usually carefully planned and most sex offenders are male. The community has a vested interest in helping offenders to be successfully managed in the community. Sex offenders have the same need for housing and employment as any other citizen. Any citizen who uses sex offender information to harass, threaten or intimidate an offender will be subject to criminal prosecution. There are approximately 16,500 registered sex offenders in the state of Colorado. About 65 percent of convicted sex offenders are placed in the community on probation. The remainder are in the Department of Corrections or Community Corrections. Offenders may be caught for one type of offense but be at a high risk to commit another type. Crime of conviction is only one indicator of risk. A sexually violent predator must register with the Denver Police Department sex offender registration unit every three months for the rest of their life. The offender's residents must be verified quarterly by the Denver Police Department. The full sex offender registration list is available by calling the Denver Police Department Identification Bureau at 720-913-6756. Convicted felons and those with multiple convictions are posted online at denvergov.org slash police. Remember, sexually violent predators do not represent all dangerous sex offenders. The community notification process and sex offender registration are not a complete deterrent to sexual assault. Now here's a look at the newest sexually violent predator living in Denver. Here's an overview of the registered sex offenders currently living in Denver. There are 2,501 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 6, there are 437. Precinct 611 has 146 registered sex offenders. Of those, 100 have felony convictions and 46 have misdemeanor convictions. Manuel Richard Garcia III is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 41 years old and was born on November 2nd, 1980. He's a Hispanic male five feet four inches tall, 250 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He's currently living as a transient in the 1100 block of Park Avenue West in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include Whittier Elementary at 2480 Downing Street, Emily Griffith High School and Downtown Denver Expeditionary School both at 1860 Lincoln Street, Polaris Elementary at 410 Park Avenue West, University Prepper Appahoe Street at 2409 Arapahoe Street, Gilliam School at 2844 Downing Street, Denver Language School Gilpin Campus at 2949 California Street, Rise Up Community School at 2342 Broadway, Montessori Academy of Colorado at 2500 Curtis Street. Parks located within one mile of this offender include Benedict Fountain Park, Skyline Park, Stout Street Children's Park, Commons Park, Quick Park, McIntosh Park, Denver Skate Park, Mistezo Curtis Park, Maestas Park, Lawson Park, Creek Front Park, Downtown Playground, Park Avenue Parks, City of Cuernavaca Park, Williams Park, Sculpture Park, Spear Boulevard Park, Broadway Triangles, Reillyard Dog Park, Civic Center Park, Pioneer Monument Park. Recreation centers located within one mile of this offender include 20th Street Rec Center at 1011 20th Street, Glen Arm Rec Center at 2800 Glen Arm Street. Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include Route 8 Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street, Route 38 Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street, routes 44 and 48 Broadway and Arapahoe Street. A brief history of charges against this offender, sexual assault on a child and attempted sexual assault on a child. He's not currently on parole and registered with the Denver Police Department on August 2nd, 2022 as a transient living in the 1100 block of Park Avenue West in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Past charges against this offender include sexual assault on a child, assault, robbery, trespassing, failure to register as a sex offender, disorderly conduct, false reporting, dangerous drugs, distribution of drugs, forgery, identity theft. Manual Richard Garcia III has been determined as sexually violent predator after meeting the following criteria. Criteria one, age 18 or older on the date of the offense or under 18 and tried as an adult. The offender was ages 16 and 23 at the time of the offenses. Criteria two, the crime must have been committed honor after July 1st, 1997 and convicted honor after July 1st, 1999. Crimes include sexual assault, felony unlawful sexual contact, sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. The offender was convicted on April 25th, 1997 for two different cases of sexual assault on a child and on January 14th, 2004 for attempted sexual assault on a child. Criteria three, the relationship to the victim was one of the following. Victim was a stranger to the offender or the offender established or promoted a relationship with the victim primarily for the purpose of sexual victimization. In the first two related cases, the victims were nine and 11-year-old females who were known to the offender. The other case involved a 14-year-old female who was also known to the offender. Criteria four, positive results or the passing of a risk assessment instrument administered by probation parole staff and a qualified treatment evaluator. Positive results include an assessment for the presence of a mental abnormality, a level of denial regarding the offense, treatment appropriateness and motivation, presence of sexual deviant interests. The offender was evaluated by the Adams County Courts with positive results determining him to be a sexually violent predator.