 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 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. Megan's 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 2,534 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 6, there are 485. Precinct 611 has 165 registered sex offenders. Of those, 115 have felony convictions and 50 have misdemeanor convictions. Stephen John Norton is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 59 years old and was born on August 11, 1960. He's a white male five feet five inches tall, 160 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. He's currently a transient living in the 1100 block of Park Avenue West in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include University Prep School at 2409 Arapaho Street, Polaris at Ebert Elementary at 410 Park Avenue West, Gilliam School at 2844 Downing Street, Emily Griffith High School and Downtown Denver Expeditionary School both at 1860 Lincoln Street, Whittier Elementary at 2480 Downing Street, Rise Up Community School at 2342 Broadway, Denver Language School Gilpin at 2949 California Street. Parks located within one mile of this offender include Commons Park, Spear Boulevard Park, Sculpture Park, Benedict Fountain Park, City of Cuernavaca Park, Eddie Maestes Park, Creek Front Park, Williams Park, Quick Park, Downtown Playground, Stout Street Children's Park, Denver Skate Park, Skyline Park, Mistezo Curtis Park, Sonny Lawson Park, Park Avenue Parks, Realyard Dog Park, Civic Center Park. Recreation centers located within one mile of this offender include 20th Street Rec Center at 1011 20th Street, Glenarm Rec Center at 2810 Glenarm Place. Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include routes 48 and 44 Broadway and Lawrence Street, routes 48 and 44 Broadway and Arapaho Street, routes 8 and 38 Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street. A brief history of charges against this offender, sodomy person under 14. He's not currently on parole and registered with the Denver Police Department on March 5th 2020 as a transient living in the 1100 block of Park Avenue West in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Passed charges against this offender include kidnapping, child molestation, indecent exposure, forgery, parole violation. Stephen John Norton 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 age 21 at the time of the offense. 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 October 22nd 1981 for sodomy person under 14, State of California. 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. The victim was a 14 year old female. The offender was not known to the victim. 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 Superior Court of California County of Ventura with positive results verified by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation determining him to be a sexually violent predator.