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| Shawn Langner |
Shawn David Langner is a three time convicted sex offender located at the last known address of 5096 woodbury drive woodbury mn off County Road 19 just south of St. Ambrose Catholic Church and Private School. Someone who has sexually assaulted people (most likely children) in 2004, 2005, and 2014 poses very concerning questions before we get into his latest conviction:
1.) Why was he not registered as the highest level 3 offender after the first, second, or third attacks?
2.) Why was someone who's sexually assaulted 3 people in ten years not in prison for life?
3.) Why does Minnesota law protect child predators like this by keeping them off the sex offender registry? (only about 300 of the 17,000 sex offenders in MN are level 3) Or even if they're on the registry only their "general vicinity" is provided with some cross streets.
See other articles warning you of released sex offenders in our area: http://wcwatchdog.com/local-sex-offender-articles/
See other articles warning you of released sex offenders in our area: http://wcwatchdog.com/local-sex-offender-articles/
The answer is Minnesota has the weakest sex offender laws in the Country. Our last post about a different serial rapist in Woodbury explains more about that here: Serial Rapist Caught Living in Woodbury. Broken MN Law Only Requires Him to Register only until 2020
This serial rapist, Shawn Langner, was caught trying to meet a 15 year old child for sex back in February 2016. You can read more about his attempt to meet the child in the Woodbury Bulletin Article on him when he was first charged.
According to the criminal complaint he was initially charged with two crimes.
-Soliciting a child for sex MN 609.352.2
-Sexual communication with a child MN 609.352.2a(2)
The first charge of soliciting a child for sex is a felony with a greater penalty because it requires sex offender registration if convicted. The later charge does not. For some reason, despite overwhelming evidence of soliciting a real child AND soliciting a police officer acting as the child... the county appeared to have dropped the good charge. Over a year and a half later Langner was convicted of just the second, slap on the hand, offense of communicating with a minor. He's been sent to prison for 30 months with over half of that credit as time served (546 days or 18 months). So he'll be back on the streets again next year as a free man. Still hidden in the shadows off the sex offender registry.
Contact your legislators and tell them enough is enough! More information here:
Watchdog Review of Each of the Fifty States Sex Offender Laws Finds Minnesota Ranked the Most Unsafe.
Watchdog Review of Each of the Fifty States Sex Offender Laws Finds Minnesota Ranked the Most Unsafe.
Please Consider Helping Victims of Sexual Assault in Washington County with EmpowerSurvivors out of Stillwater. They are a 501(c3), every cent goes to the victims peer support. They also need office supplies for their location. See our post about them here:
DATE: 8/23/2017
DEFENDANT: Shawn David Langner
DOB: 1/20/1991
MN AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department
JUDGE: John C. Hoffman
CONVICTION: Engaging in Electronic Communication Relating or Describing Sexual Conduct with Child
SENTENCE: Commit to Commissioner of Corrections for 30 months. 546 days credit for time served. Pay restitution to victim of $820 and follow terms and conditions of civil commitment - discharged from probation.
*In no way do we wish harm to the convicted sex offenders outside the judgement of the law. Posting each criminal's data allows the public to decide from the evidence if they appreciate knowing such data. Such as what these sex offender's last known address is. No representation is made that the individuals listed here are currently on the state's offenders registry. All names presented here were gathered at a past date. Some persons listed might no longer be registered offenders and others might have been added. Some addresses or other data might no longer be current. Owners of Washington County Watchdog assume no responsibility (and expressly disclaim responsibility) for updating this site to keep information current or to ensure the accuracy or completeness of any posted information. All data was only accurate at the time of posting per Government sources provided. Accordingly, you should confirm the accuracy and completeness of all posted information before making any decision related to any data presented on this site. The information on this web site is made available solely to protect the public. Anyone who uses this information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his or her family is subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability. Message us if you can verify us of an address or change in data. Washington County Watchdog is not responsible for the accuracy of the content shared, refer to our linked government sources.
*In no way do we wish harm to the convicted sex offenders outside the judgement of the law. Posting each criminal's data allows the public to decide from the evidence if they appreciate knowing such data. Such as what these sex offender's last known address is. No representation is made that the individuals listed here are currently on the state's offenders registry. All names presented here were gathered at a past date. Some persons listed might no longer be registered offenders and others might have been added. Some addresses or other data might no longer be current. Owners of Washington County Watchdog assume no responsibility (and expressly disclaim responsibility) for updating this site to keep information current or to ensure the accuracy or completeness of any posted information. All data was only accurate at the time of posting per Government sources provided. Accordingly, you should confirm the accuracy and completeness of all posted information before making any decision related to any data presented on this site. The information on this web site is made available solely to protect the public. Anyone who uses this information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his or her family is subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability. Message us if you can verify us of an address or change in data. Washington County Watchdog is not responsible for the accuracy of the content shared, refer to our linked government sources.
