March 4, 2026 • 8 mins
Sheriff Aaron Hanson joins the show to discuss how omaha citizens can report registered sex offenders.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good, good Chris. Good to hear you back on the air.
Thank you, mischief for the last two and a halfter.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I have thoroughly. I'm very excited to be back. Sheriff
and sheriff, you know you are always asking the public
to get involved and give you a little help, and
they did it. Let's start with what was the problem?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, so good. Baseline in Nebraska state law that each
sheriff's office in every county is responsible for administering the
sex offender registry. And so if you're a convicted sex
offender in Nebraska, there's three different types of sexpenders. You're
either a fifteen year sex offender, means you have to
(00:48):
register for fifteen years, a twenty five year sexfender, or
a lifetime registering sex fender. And in those cases that
those violations will say how often you have to come
into the sheriff's office to let them know your information.
And so when you're talking about a lifetime offender, they
have to come to the office every three months, twenty
(01:09):
five offenders every six months, and fifteen year offenders once
a year. Now, if you are registering as a transience,
which you're indicating, hey, I don't live anywhere. I'm a
rolling stone. I live in a tent. I live in
my car. You can register, it's a transience, but you
have to register once a month. Wow, And so it's
(01:32):
a lot, you know, it's a lot of work for
someone to come in once a month, especially if they
live in their car, they live in the tent. But
we've got eighty five people in Douglas County who register
as a transient. Twenty five percent of those eighty five
are out of compliance and they're absconded. And so you know,
(01:53):
we know the vast majority we have over one thousand
registered CHEX fenders in Douglas County, vast majority of the
we're complying. But you know, we've got just enough that
are are high risk and reciinibating that it's concerning, And
so we asked for the public's help. We said, hey,
here's these eighty five transient sex offenders, here's their pictures,
(02:13):
here's their names. If you know that they are not
in fact and transient, but they're living somewhere and they
have an address, and let us know, and I'll be darned, Chris.
Within two hours we got a tip on the first one.
He not only wasn't transient, he was living downtown and
here twenty second in Jones, one block away from an elementary. Yeah,
(02:34):
he was a lifetime defender. Oh who had his victim
was a miner in Oklahoma.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So so you asked the public, if you know where
you see any of these guys and they're living in
an apartment, they're not transit, just let us know and
we'll go check them out. And that that's what you did.
Have you received more tips, we have.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
We've received numerous tips that we're working on right now.
You know, part of police community relations is literally working
with the community because they are our eyes and ears,
and so when we empower the community with that crucial information,
you know, they very often are the first to respond
(03:17):
and help us out with that vital information that can
help us make an arrest. And that's what happened here yesterday,
and so we really appreciate the helping the public. If
you're a member of the public and you would like
to help, you can go to our website Omaha Sheriff
dot or work. You can click on the Crimes and
Prevention tab. You'll see the sex offenders and then transient
(03:38):
sex offenders tab. Look at them all and if you
recognize any of them as being not in fact transient
but living someplace. Let us know, it wasn't too long ago, Chris,
where we had a sex offender. You know, they have
to report to us where they live, where they work,
what they drive. One sex offender was lying to us.
He would show up at the West office of one
(03:59):
hundred and fifties. He would park his car across the
street walk. Well, the reason why he did that is
because he was the ice cream man. I was driving
in an ice cream truck. And so yeah, the ones
that lie were very concerned about.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah. And by the way, that was really great police
work to nab that guy because he he thought he
was going to get away with it. Next thing you know,
Oh no, you and your ice cream truck or parked
right over there on this individual. Well, let me rephrase
the question. So transient sex offenders have to register once
a month. Is there a constant flow of these guys
(04:36):
complying or are they not coming in once a month
to your knowledge?
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Well, again, we've got eighty about eighty five sex offenders
out of the over one thousand registered sex offenders that
that register and claimed to be transient. Of those eighty five,
about twenty five are absconded, and so they're not even
coming in at all. They just dropped off the radar
(05:05):
screen after claiming that they were transient. And the unfortunate
thing is they can live in a homeless shelter. They
just have to report the homeless shelter as their residents
or where they live. And you got to ask yourself,
if you're a high risk sex offender. At about eighty
percent of these transient sex defender they're victims or children,
(05:28):
why would you lie? Why would you take the time
to come in and register every month as a transient
and lie about where you're living. Well, it's very scary,
I think to a lot of parents to try to,
you know, come to the many conclusions of why someone
would lie about their transient status and where they live.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So in this individual's case, so what happens to him.
Obviously he's taken into custody because he's not following the rules.
But in the bigger picture, what ends up actually happen
into this guy.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Well, he's facing a felony charge for violation of the
Sex Attender Registry. I think it's a Class three A felony,
he was given a he had to pay a he
has to pay a two hundred and fifty dollars cash bond,
and they're going to release him on pre trial release
supervision as soon as he can cough up the two
hundred and fifty bucks, and so hopefully that enhanced supervision
(06:24):
will help keep tabs on him. Corrections administers that pretor relation,
not the Sheriff's office.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
When, by the way, Sheriff Aaron Hanson with us on
the Chris Baker radio show, when you say two hundred
and fifty bucks, is that the ten percent of twenty
five hundred or is that actually two hundred and fifty
bucks and ten percent would be twenty five.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Ten percent of twenty five hundred, So he has to
come up, okay, two hundred and fifty dollars cash.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Wow, Holy cow, that man.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
So well, it's scary because the other thing is we
know specifically with sex offenders, they have some of the
highest rates, especially the ones that are the more aggravated
sex offenders, the ones that are committing the felony crimes
and the crimes against children. Their recidivism rate is much
higher than your traditional criminal.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Wow. Well, I wanted to get you on today because
you know, in my world of media junk, I always
see where you know, you'll see the public service announcement
and if the public sees anything, call this number, but
you never hear a follow up. But on this case
and many others, actually, at least we have follow up,
(07:37):
we have action, and I just think it's it's it's
just great the way that you engage with the public,
and the public is certainly ready to help. Because come on,
that's a that's a nice trophy on the wall right there. Yeah,
I helped get a sex fender right there. That's me.
I did that, got that.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I just imagine that tipster helped keep that that neighborhood
and maybe kids at that elementary school safe, and that's
what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, that's awesome, all right, Sheriff. Always a pleasure to
talk to you. A good job as always, you know,
I understand.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
It goes to my team and our citizens. I'm proud
of them.
Good, good Chris. Good to hear you back on the air.
Thank you, mischief for the last two and a halfter.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I have thoroughly. I'm very excited to be back. Sheriff
and sheriff, you know you are always asking the public
to get involved and give you a little help, and
they did it. Let's start with what was the problem?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, so good. Baseline in Nebraska state law that each
sheriff's office in every county is responsible for administering the
sex offender registry. And so if you're a convicted sex
offender in Nebraska, there's three different types of sexpenders. You're
either a fifteen year sex offender, means you have to
(00:48):
register for fifteen years, a twenty five year sexfender, or
a lifetime registering sex fender. And in those cases that
those violations will say how often you have to come
into the sheriff's office to let them know your information.
And so when you're talking about a lifetime offender, they
have to come to the office every three months, twenty
(01:09):
five offenders every six months, and fifteen year offenders once
a year. Now, if you are registering as a transience,
which you're indicating, hey, I don't live anywhere. I'm a
rolling stone. I live in a tent. I live in
my car. You can register, it's a transience, but you
have to register once a month. Wow, And so it's
(01:32):
a lot, you know, it's a lot of work for
someone to come in once a month, especially if they
live in their car, they live in the tent. But
we've got eighty five people in Douglas County who register
as a transient. Twenty five percent of those eighty five
are out of compliance and they're absconded. And so you know,
(01:53):
we know the vast majority we have over one thousand
registered CHEX fenders in Douglas County, vast majority of the
we're complying. But you know, we've got just enough that
are are high risk and reciinibating that it's concerning, And
so we asked for the public's help. We said, hey,
here's these eighty five transient sex offenders, here's their pictures,
(02:13):
here's their names. If you know that they are not
in fact and transient, but they're living somewhere and they
have an address, and let us know, and I'll be darned, Chris.
Within two hours we got a tip on the first one.
He not only wasn't transient, he was living downtown and
here twenty second in Jones, one block away from an elementary. Yeah,
(02:34):
he was a lifetime defender. Oh who had his victim
was a miner in Oklahoma.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So so you asked the public, if you know where
you see any of these guys and they're living in
an apartment, they're not transit, just let us know and
we'll go check them out. And that that's what you did.
Have you received more tips, we have.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
We've received numerous tips that we're working on right now.
You know, part of police community relations is literally working
with the community because they are our eyes and ears,
and so when we empower the community with that crucial information,
you know, they very often are the first to respond
(03:17):
and help us out with that vital information that can
help us make an arrest. And that's what happened here yesterday,
and so we really appreciate the helping the public. If
you're a member of the public and you would like
to help, you can go to our website Omaha Sheriff
dot or work. You can click on the Crimes and
Prevention tab. You'll see the sex offenders and then transient
(03:38):
sex offenders tab. Look at them all and if you
recognize any of them as being not in fact transient
but living someplace. Let us know, it wasn't too long ago, Chris,
where we had a sex offender. You know, they have
to report to us where they live, where they work,
what they drive. One sex offender was lying to us.
He would show up at the West office of one
(03:59):
hundred and fifties. He would park his car across the
street walk. Well, the reason why he did that is
because he was the ice cream man. I was driving
in an ice cream truck. And so yeah, the ones
that lie were very concerned about.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah. And by the way, that was really great police
work to nab that guy because he he thought he
was going to get away with it. Next thing you know,
Oh no, you and your ice cream truck or parked
right over there on this individual. Well, let me rephrase
the question. So transient sex offenders have to register once
a month. Is there a constant flow of these guys
(04:36):
complying or are they not coming in once a month
to your knowledge?
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Well, again, we've got eighty about eighty five sex offenders
out of the over one thousand registered sex offenders that
that register and claimed to be transient. Of those eighty five,
about twenty five are absconded, and so they're not even
coming in at all. They just dropped off the radar
(05:05):
screen after claiming that they were transient. And the unfortunate
thing is they can live in a homeless shelter. They
just have to report the homeless shelter as their residents
or where they live. And you got to ask yourself,
if you're a high risk sex offender. At about eighty
percent of these transient sex defender they're victims or children,
(05:28):
why would you lie? Why would you take the time
to come in and register every month as a transient
and lie about where you're living. Well, it's very scary,
I think to a lot of parents to try to,
you know, come to the many conclusions of why someone
would lie about their transient status and where they live.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So in this individual's case, so what happens to him.
Obviously he's taken into custody because he's not following the rules.
But in the bigger picture, what ends up actually happen
into this guy.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Well, he's facing a felony charge for violation of the
Sex Attender Registry. I think it's a Class three A felony,
he was given a he had to pay a he
has to pay a two hundred and fifty dollars cash bond,
and they're going to release him on pre trial release
supervision as soon as he can cough up the two
hundred and fifty bucks, and so hopefully that enhanced supervision
(06:24):
will help keep tabs on him. Corrections administers that pretor relation,
not the Sheriff's office.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
When, by the way, Sheriff Aaron Hanson with us on
the Chris Baker radio show, when you say two hundred
and fifty bucks, is that the ten percent of twenty
five hundred or is that actually two hundred and fifty
bucks and ten percent would be twenty five.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Ten percent of twenty five hundred, So he has to
come up, okay, two hundred and fifty dollars cash.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Wow, Holy cow, that man.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
So well, it's scary because the other thing is we
know specifically with sex offenders, they have some of the
highest rates, especially the ones that are the more aggravated
sex offenders, the ones that are committing the felony crimes
and the crimes against children. Their recidivism rate is much
higher than your traditional criminal.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Wow. Well, I wanted to get you on today because
you know, in my world of media junk, I always
see where you know, you'll see the public service announcement
and if the public sees anything, call this number, but
you never hear a follow up. But on this case
and many others, actually, at least we have follow up,
(07:37):
we have action, and I just think it's it's it's
just great the way that you engage with the public,
and the public is certainly ready to help. Because come on,
that's a that's a nice trophy on the wall right there. Yeah,
I helped get a sex fender right there. That's me.
I did that, got that.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I just imagine that tipster helped keep that that neighborhood
and maybe kids at that elementary school safe, and that's
what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, that's awesome, all right, Sheriff. Always a pleasure to
talk to you. A good job as always, you know,
I understand.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
It goes to my team and our citizens. I'm proud
of them.
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