 Attention Green Valley Ranch 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 department. 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 2,452 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 5, there are 254. Precinct 522 has 39 registered sex offenders. Of those 25 have felony convictions and 14 have misdemeanor convictions. Jerome Allen Lidgren is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 55 years old and was born on August 27, 1968. He's a Hispanic male five feet four inches tall 196 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He's currently living at 4460 Urivan Street in the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include Rocky Mountain Prep Green Valley Ranch, Denver School of Science and Technology Green Valley Ranch Middle School and High School, SOAR at Green Valley Ranch and Vista Academy Middle School and High School all at 4800 North Telluride Street, Montbello Career and Technical High School at 4501 Airport Way, Kip Northeast Denver Middle School and Kip Northeast Elementary both at 4635 Walden Street, Kip Northeast Denver Leadership Academy and Rocky Mountain Prep Rise both at 18250 East 51st Avenue, Marama Elementary at 1900 East 40th Avenue, Omar D. Blair Charter School at 4905 Cathay Street, Sandra Todd Williams Academy at 4909 Cathay Street. Parks located within one mile of this offender include Town Center Park Derby Canal Marama Park Green Valley Ranch West Park 47th and Telluride Park Highline Canal Green Valley Ranch Gateway Landing Denver Open Space Recreation centers located within one mile of this offender include Green Valley Ranch Rec Center at 4890 North Argonne Way bus routes located within one mile of this offender include routes 45 and 169 L Tower Road and 47th Avenue routes 4245 and 169 L Tower Road and 45th Avenue Tower Road and 43rd Avenue Route 42 45th Avenue and Andres Court A brief history of charges against this offender sexual assault in a child position of trust victim 15 to 18 and child abuse knowing reckless cause serious bodily injury. He's currently on parole and registered with the Denver Police Department on February 16 2024 to 4460 Yurevan Street in the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood of Denver. Past charges against this offender include homicide manslaughter sexual assault on a child threats sexual assault on a child position of trust child abuse first degree assault kidnapping fraud impersonation parole violation theft Jerome Allen Lidgren has been determined a 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 40 at the time of both offenses criteria two the crime must have been committed honor after July 1 1997 and convicted honor after July 1 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 February 12 2010 for sexual assault on a child position of trust victim 15 to 18 and child abuse knowing reckless cause serious bodily injury and on August 21st 2015 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 the juvenile female victim was a stranger 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 Larimer County courts with positive results determining him to be a sexually violent predator