Crime & Safety
Mayor Says Monitoring, Social Services Helped Opheim
Mayor Shep Harris said that rehabilitation and constant monitoring helped Clarence Opheim, a level three sex offender. The 64-year-old has been living in Golden Valley since March of last year and will now reside in Minneapolis.
On Dec. 4, Minneapolis police will host a meeting for neighbors concerned about a new Minneapolis resident: level three sex offender Clarence Opheim.
Opheim moved to a Golden Valley halfway house last March after completing a treatment program for sex offenders. Now, Opheim is leaving Golden Valley and moving to Minneapolis.
In a statement released by the City of Golden Valley on Nov. 30, Mayor Shep Harris commended local law enforcement officers.
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“I credit the efforts of social workers, the Golden Valley police, and other law enforcement authorities involved in the process,” Harris said in the press release. “There was much concern when Mr. Opheim first moved to Golden Valley, but the system worked! Ongoing monitoring and social services have succeeded and now Mr. Opheim will move on to the next stage of his rehabilitation.”
According to the statement, the Golden Valley Police Department has had no contact with or police calls about Opheim while he resided in Golden Valley.
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