The Grand Forks Police Department, in accordance with North Dakota State Law, is notifying the City of Grand Forks and the surrounding area of the presence of a Level III (High Risk) Sex Offender working in Grand Forks.
ROSS LYLE TEIGEN is currently employed at J.R. Simplot located at 3630 GATEWAY DRIVE – in Grand Fork, ND. TEIGEN has been convicted of TRANSFER OF OBSCENE MATERIALS TO MINOR / LURING MINOR BY COMPUTER.
The North Dakota Sex Offender Risk Assessment Committee assigned TEIGEN a risk level of HIGH and, as a result, has a LIFETIME registration requirement in North Dakota.
The Grand Forks Police Department provides for the tracking and verification of those individuals that have been convicted of sex offenses, offenses against children, and those that have been adjudicated as sexually dangerous individuals. This is accomplished through the Offender Tracking and Verification Program (OTVP). There are 103 offenders registered with the Grand Forks Police Department that either live, work, or attend school within the City of Grand Forks. Of these 103, ten are currently assigned a HIGH-risk level. The rest are classified as MODERATE or LOW risk or have not been assigned a risk level.
Level III (High Risk) offenders are contacted at least every 30 days to verify their status, and upon initial registration or the assignment of a risk level, a public notification is held as appropriate. Information about these and other registered offenders is available through specific requests to the Grand Forks Police Department, although certain information regarding juvenile offenders is subject to restriction.
Conviction information about Level III offenders may be found at the North Dakota Attorney General’s website: www.sexoffender.nd.gov, which contains lists of all registered offenders in North Dakota.
If members of the public have questions regarding this program or have information pertaining to any unregistered offenders, they are encouraged to contact Corporal Hank Becker at the Grand Forks Police Department Specialized Resource Bureau at 701-787-8083 or via e-mail at hbecker@grandforksgov.com.
