Sex Offender Meeting Draws Hundreds of Concerned Residents
Golden Valley residents packed the Perpich Center for the Arts for a community meeting about a level three sex offender being released into a halfway house in the city.
A community meeting about a sex offender moving into Golden Valley drew a crowd of about 300 people. There were so many residents at Monday night’s meeting an overflow room was opened to accommodate everyone. The crowds came out to learn more about Clarence Opheim, 64, who will be released into a halfway house in Golden Valley next Monday. “I am very concerned,” Rachael Jensen said. The Golden Valley resident has two kids and is worried about their safety. “I don’t like the idea of a predator living in our community.” Opheim has admitted to molesting 29 children. He has lured children, both male and female, with bribes, tricks and even weapons. He was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison in 1988 for sexually abusing an 11 year-old boy. Opheim …
Shana Rowan
3:05 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Good point, Sheree - I hope the possibility of a non-offender abusing a child was brought up at the meeting. And Stop It Now is a great source! more ›