There were 18 sex offenders registered in Columbia County in January, compared to 19 the month before.
The Registry shows 30-year-old Jason R E Mazurkiewicz was the youngest sex offender living in Columbia County in January.
David Douglas Harding was the oldest at 61-years-old.
Oregon has the highest population-adjusted rate of sex offenders – about 749 per 100,000 people.
In 2020, about 11,487 unique victims of child abuse were reported in Oregon, but studies of victims have shown less than 30% of sex crimes are reported to law enforcement.
Frequently updated information about sex offenders in Oregon can be found online here.
Registered sex offenders in Columbia County as of January
| Offender | Age | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Jason R E Mazurkiewicz | 30 | Sodomy in the first degree, rape in the second degree |
| Bryan Scott Grokett | 35 | Sexual abuse in the first degree, sexual abuse in the second degree |
| Michael Christopher Shepherd | 40 | Rape in the third degree |
| Nathen Allen Dusek | 41 | Sexual abuse in the third degree |
| Andrew Hilton Smith | 42 | Public indecency, sexual abuse in the first degree, sexual abuse in the third degree |
| Shaun Gordon Mckennett | 44 | Sexual abuse in the first degree, unlawful sexual penetration in the second degree |
| John Alan Thompson | 44 | Felony |
| Alan Wayne Tolle | 49 | Sexual abuse in the second degree, rape in the first degree |
| Thomas Beynon Jones | 53 | Sexual abuse in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree |
| David Shane Lavalley | 53 | Felony , misdemeanor |
| George Ernest Diegner | 55 | Misdemeanor, sodomy in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree |
| Scott William Weller | 56 | Sexual abuse in the first degree, felony |
| Arthur Frank Carson | 57 | Sexual abuse in the first degree, sexual abuse in the third degree, unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree |
| Michael Wayne Fields | 58 | Felony |
| Thomas Quentin Swingholm | 59 | Felony |
| Gary Duane Martin | 60 | Public indecency, sexual abuse in the first degree, sexual abuse in the second degree |
| David Leslie Jennings | 60 | Private indecency |
| David Douglas Harding | 61 | Sexual abuse in the first degree, felony |
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