COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

 

        The Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department is releasing the following information pursuant to Section 13 of Act 989 of 1997, the Sex and Child Offender Registration Act and the community notification guidelines promulgated by the Commission on Abuse, which authorizes Law Enforcement Agencies to inform the public of a sex offender’s release.  Such information will enhance public safety and protection.

     The individual who appears on this notification has been convicted of an offense that requires registration with the Arkansas Crime Information Center.  Further, his/her previous criminal history places him/her in a classification level that reflects the potential to re-offend.

      This Offender has advised the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department that he/she will be living in the location listed in this report.  HE/SHE IS NOT WANTED BY THE POLICE.  THE NOTIFICTION IS NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR; RATHER, IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS A SAFER PUBLIC.

      The Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department has no legal authority to direct where a Sex Offender lives.  Unless court ordered restrictions exist, this Offender is free to live where he/she chooses.

      Sex Offenders have always lived in our communities, but it wasn’t until this passage of the Sex and Child Offender Registration Act that law enforcement even knew where they were living.  In many cases, law enforcement is now able to share that information with you.  CITIZEN ABUSE OF THIS INFORMATION TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE OR HARASS REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.  Further, abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to do community notification.  We believe the only person who wins if community notification ends is the Offender, since sex offenders derive their power through secrecy.

        For additional information go to our website www.fcso.ar.gov then click on the link for sex offender registry or the Arkansas Crime Information Center’s website at www.acic.org then click on the link for sex offender registry.

 

  

 

SEX OFFENDER’S INFORMATION

 

NAME:                                 Nicholas Gage Skogen

 

RISK:                                    3

 

RACE:                                   White

 

SEX:                                      Male

 

HEIGHT:                               508

 

WEIGHT:                              180       

 

HAIR COLOR:                       Brown   

 

EYE COLOR:                         Blue

 

DATE OF BIRTH:                  7/7/1995

 

ADDRESS:                            267 Linder Rd. Greenbrier, AR 72058

 

DESCRIPTION OF CRIME: This offender was adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile of Rape on 11-16-2011 in the Faulkner County Juvenile Court Arkansas.  The offender engaged in sexual contact with a 6 year old female known to him. Offender was also convicted on 4/13/2015 of 2 counts of sexual indecency with a child.