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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 11/29/2022
SUBJECT: High-Risk Predatory Offender Notification
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer

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High-Risk Predatory Offender Notification

In addition to level two notification, law enforcement may notify other members of the community whom the registrant is likely to encounter. The Duluth Police Department is available to provide you with useful information on personal safety. The Duluth Police Department may be reached at 218-730-5400. To report criminal activity by this registrant or any other individual, please call 911.

Name: Russell James Randall

DOB: 03/31/1937

Race: White

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 130 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Registration Statute(s):  609.342

Investigating Agency: Martin County Sheriff's Office

Civil Commit Provisional Discharge release date: 11/29/2022

Supervision Agent:  MSOP Reintegration Agent Bryan Abel (651) 485-0901

Offense:  Russell Randall engaged in separate incidents of sexual contact against a known male child over a period of years. Randall used his relationship of trust to attain and exploit unmonitored contact. He used attention and affection in his effort to maintain control.

Address:  5600 block of Grand Avenue, Duluth, MN 55807

Date of Address Change:  11/29/2022                   

The Duluth Police Department is releasing this information pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 244.052 and 253D. These statutes authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a public registrant's release from prison or a secure treatment facility when the Duluth Police Department believes that the release of information will enhance public safety and protection.

The individual who appears on this notification has been convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct or another offense that requires registration with law enforcement pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 243.166 or 243.167.

This individual has served the sentence imposed on them by the court and is transitioning into the community. This notification is not intended to increase fear but rather raise awareness. Law enforcement believes that an informed public is a safer public.

The Duluth Police Department may not direct where this individual does or does not reside, nor can this agency direct where he/she works or goes to school.

Those convicted of sexual or predatory offenses have always been released to live in our communities. It was not until the passage of the Registration Act that law enforcement had an ability to track movement of these individuals after their initial release. With the passage of the Community Notification Act law enforcement may now share information about many of these individuals with the public. Abuse of this information to threaten, harass or intimidate a registered individual is unacceptable and such acts could be charged as a crime. Such abuses could potentially end the ability of law enforcement to provide these notifications.

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