Man Who Repeatedly Raped a Child in Oakdale, Raped another Child While on Probation and Will be Out in 2 Years

Robert Heinze

Robert Heinze who admitted to police he horrifically raped a 9 year old boy on multiple occasions from 1996 through 1997 in Oakdale. Got convicted of 1st degree criminal sexual conduct. He served a short 5 years of 7 and moved to Green Bay and raped another child there and was convicted in 2010... again, only 5 year sentence. Comes back to Washington County MN in 2015 and the judge that convicted him in 1998 presided over his violating probation hearing. The judge, with the horrifying rapes burned into the mind from years back, tries to throw the book at him with an "upward departure" above MN sentencing guidelines by giving an additional 20 months (not much, but the best weak MN law would allow). The Supreme Court ruled in the 1980s that it was legal to do this with documented reason. 

(Over two dozen articles just like this here: wcwatchdog.com/local-sex-offender-articles/)

The rapist, Robert Heinze appealed to the higher court with his free court appointed attorney (as most do when faced with going back to prison, as it doesn't cost them to try). He wins in April 2017 and reversed the judge's decision because of weak and loophole filled MN sex offender law. The higher court ruled that because the required reason for upwardly departing was not put on one page of the paperwork it was therefore illegal for the judge to upwardly depart from weak MN sentencing guidelines. They ruled the lower court had to give him a weak sentencing guidelines sentence. So in June 2017 he got 4 years and 4 months with credit for 2 years. This serial child rapist will be back on MN streets in two years because of this. But even with the upward departure it would have only been an extra 20 months.

This horrifying story is a prime example of failed MN sentencing guidelines and failed MN law that functions under the assumption child rapists can be rehabilitated and that sex offenders should remain anonymous on the sex offender registry.  47 other States post the name and exact address of Sex offenders and it works; but it doesn't grow in MN because the public isn't aware the 17,000 MN sex offenders who are out of custody are also out of the public eye. 

Also, the biggest obstacle to better sex offender laws we believe is the Minnesota County Attorneys Association (MCAA). They're a powerful group of county prosecutors who provide opinions to law makers on proposed law changes with their expert testimony. For some reason, they side with big lawfirms for sex offenders. There's articles on the MCAA website defending their ridiculous positions. One is titled "It's Time To Rethink Sex Offender Registries" written by Laura Fenstermake in 2017. She talks about how the 47 states who have public sex offender registries are wrong. Arguing that sex offenders "need more support from society to help keep them on the straight and narrow." She cites how an 18 year old who sleeps with his 17 year old girlfriend can be on a sex offender registry. This is not possible in many states because of what's called "Romeo and Juliet" laws. Arguments like this fill the MCAA articles and have no mention of the protections written into law to keep people who shouldn't be on the offender list, off it.  In this Kare11 story: Lawmakers fail to close sex crime loopholes MCCA calls some of the loopholes for sex offenders "Tools for prosecution."  

Back to this horrifying story, The criminal complaint from 1997 is very disturbing so be forewarned. It's of value considering how open he was admitting to police about what he did and how he did it to the poor child for so long. All the info about the timeline of this is in his Appeal in April 2017. 

Again the story is, had it not been for the same judge, the serial rapist probably would have got the rubber stamp that ALWAYS occurs when child rapists come back for violating insane plea deals for probation. Usually, child rapists get credit for time served (while in jail awaiting trial) and only get additional probation... this is a result of the EXTREMELY passive County prosecutors who appear to think if they don't pursue an extra day in jail the rapist will plead guilty for violating probation as long as they don't get extra prison time.

Please contact your legislators. see: www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/districtfinder

The problem is further explained in our related article: Watchdog Review of Each of the Fifty States Sex Offender Laws Finds Minnesota Ranked the Most Unsafe

The solution is in Minnesota law makers hands to make it so no sex crime against a child goes without mandated prison time and lifetime sex offender registration. Currently most child rapists rarely do more than a year in jail and no more than 10 years on the sex offender registry. See more about the solution here: Rampant Sex Crime on Children, in Just 2yrs, 10 Cases From County Alone, 8 Simple Laws to Update

For many more examples from Washington County of convicted sex offenders still on our streets see our other posts here:
wcwatchdog.com/local-sex-offender-articles/

DATE: 6/15/2017 

DEFENDANT: Robert Nicholas Heinze 

DOB: 5/8/1974 

CITY/RESIDENCE: St. Paul, MN 

AGENCY: Oakdale Police Department 

Case #: 97024060

JUDGE: Susan R. Miles 

CONVICTION: 609.342.1(a) Criminal Sexual Cond-1st Degree-Penetration or Contact with Person Under 13-Actor >36m older

COURT Court File #: KX97001435

SENTENCE: Committed to the Commissioner of Corrections for 52 months, credit 829 days, DNA previously ordered, 5 years conditional release, consecutive to 62-K3-97-742. State requested: 52 months, credit for time served 829 days. 

He was previously convicted of:

9/11/1997 Criminal Sexual Cond-1st Degree-Penetration or Contact with Person Under 13-Actor >36m older and served 86Months (did 5 years of 7 year sentence)

Convicted again for child rape in 2010 in the state of Wisconsin

Aliases:

REST HEINZE ROBERT

HEINZE ROBERT NICHKOLAS

HEINZE ROBERT

HEINZE ROBERT NICHKOLOS

HEINZE ROBERT NICHOLAS

*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.  

Three Time Convicted Rapist in Woodbury Now Convicted of Trying to Meet Child for Sex. Will be Released Next Year.

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/

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.

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:

http://wcwatchdog.blogspot.com/p/empowersurvivors.html

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. 

Serial Rapist Caught Living in Woodbury. Broken MN Law Only Requires Him to Register until 2020

MN sex offender laws are the weakest in the Country. Over 17,000 registered sex offenders live in the shadows with records hidden from the public unless you know their full name and birth date to look up their criminal record. The worst offenders, Level 3, are listed but it's of little value because their registered address is hidden so we don't know where they live. 

Herbert Hubbard. Pic from sex offender registry

Just the "general vicinity" of some cross streets. Rapists and Child Predators are all over the County. There were 280 living in Washington County back in 2012 according to a Patch.com article. The effects are undeniable here: Watchdog Review of Each of the Fifty States Sex Offender Laws Finds Minnesota Ranked the Most Unsafe.

See other articles warning you of released sex offenders in our area: http://wcwatchdog.com/local-sex-offender-articles/

Here's another example. A convicted serial rapist named Herbert Carl Hubbard had been living at the Key Inn Hotel in Woodbury, formerly known as the Red Roof Inn. According to the Criminal Complaint the level 3 sex offender, Hubbard was convicted of Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct in 1992 AND in 1999 in Dakota County. He was caught when his probation officer looked into if he was living where he had registered. Many of the nearly 300 level 3 sex offenders in MN avoid the public eye on the already vague MN registry by claiming they are homeless like Hubbard claims.  In addition, our broken laws in MN only require him to register as a sex offender until 2020 despite being convicted TWICE! 

Watchdog Review of Each of the Fifty States Sex Offender Laws Finds Minnesota Ranked the Most Unsafe.: 

-26 states have life registration for ALL 3 levels of sex offenders on their state's public website listing their names, exact address, crime, etc. 

-9 additional states do the same life registration on public website with exact address etc except level 1 offenders register for 10 to 20 years.

-11 more states have Life Registration on public website for level 3; level 2 registered for 25 years; and level 1 for 15 years. Posting their photo, exact address, crime, etc (not listing level 1 addresses)

-Of the remaining 4 states Only Minnesota does not list level 2 and 1 sex offenders.

-Only Vermont with only 1,300 sex offenders, Maine with only 2,700 sex offenders, and Minnesota with over 17,000 sex offenders do not post the exact address of sex offenders. (yet Vermont requires all offenders to register for life)

- Minnesota is dead last for sex offender laws because only level 3 offenders register for Life (not always as example with Hubbard here) posting just the cross streets of the block they live on. Level 2 and 1 not listed and they have weak ten year max on registry

Please visit our post above and act because legislators will not change the law until citizens start contacting them.

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:

http://wcwatchdog.blogspot.com/p/empowersurvivors.html

DATE: 8/14/2017

DEFENDANT: Herbert Carl Hubbard

DOB: 2/20/1971

CITY/RESIDENCE: N/A

AGENCY: Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

CHARGE: I: Predatory Offender-Knowingly Violates Registration Req. or Intentionally Provides False Information

Aliases: 

Last Name First Name Middle Name

HUBBARD HERBERT

CARL HUBBARD XX

HUBBARD CARL

HUBBARD HUBERT C

HUBBARD HERBERT CARL

Relevant Criminal History according to BCA:

7/28/1992 Convicted Criminal Sexual Conduct-3rd Degree Felony

10/20/1999 Convicted Criminal Sexual Conduct-3rd Degree Felony

10/20/1999 Convicted Criminal Sex Conduct-3rd Degree-Victim Mental Impair/Helpless Felony

*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.