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2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
SUBJECT: High-Risk Predatory Offender Notification
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer
NATURE OF INCIDENT: High-Risk Predatory Offender Notification
CASE NO.:
INCIDENT DATE:
INCIDENT TIME:
INCIDENT LOCATION:
High-Risk Predatory Offender Notification
Risk Level Three: 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: Michael Thomas Kleiber
DOB: 11/03/1976
Race: White
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 196 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Registration Statute(s): 609.342
Investigating Agency: Duluth Police Department
Release Date: 01/04/2023
Supervision Agent: Not Applicable - Sentence Expired
Offense: Michael Kleiber engaged in sexual conduct with a known adult female. Kleiber approached her from behind, held a knife to her throat and attempted to remove her clothing. Kleiber gained access as she was a staff member at the group home he resided at.
Address: Homeless, Duluth, MN 55802
Date of Address Change: 01/04/2023
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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