Sex Offender: Shoemake, Richard Eugene DOB/ 05-24-52 Hgt/ 5’10 Wgt/215
Hair/Bro Eyes/Blu
Date of release from
prison: 01/06/2004
Address: 1900 Block of Pike Ave in Richland,
Washington
Crime of
Conviction: Indecent Exposure in Benton
County, Washington1st degree Sexual Abuse and Endangering the Welfare of a
Minor in Umatilla County, Oregon
The Richland Police
Department is releasing the following information pursuant to RCW 4.24.550 and
the Washington State Supreme Court decision in State vs Ward. This decision authorizes law enforcement
agencies to inform the public of a sex offender’s release when they believe the
information will enhance public safety.
The individual who
appears in this release has been convicted of sex offenses that require
registration with the Sheriff’s Office in the county where they reside. Further, their previous criminal history
places them in a classification level that reflects the potential to
reoffend.
This release is
meant as an update to a previous release sent out to the public on Richard Shoemake. New information obtained indicates that
Shoemake frequents area restaurants and has been witnessed communicating with
minor aged females.
The offender has served the sentence imposed
by the Court and has advised the Benton County Sheriff’s Office they will be
living at the location listed above.
Richard Shoemake
is not wanted by the police at this time.
This notification is not intended to increase fear, but rather, it is
our belief that an informed public is a safer public.
The Richland Police
Department has no legal authority to direct where a sex offender will
live. The offender is constitutionally
free to live wherever they choose.
Sex offenders have
always lived in our community. It was
not until the passage of the Community Protection Act of 1990 that Law
Enforcement even knew where they were living.
We are now able to share this information with you.
Citizen abuse of
this information to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders
will not be tolerated. Further, such
abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to do community
notifications. We believe the only
person who wins if notification ends is the sex offender.
The Sexual Assault
Response Center is available 24 hours a day to provide advocacy, information,
referrals and crisis management for victims of sexual assault. Their number is: 374-5391.
For any follow up
information, please contact Capt. Mike Cobb, Richland Police Department.
