Attorney General's News Release

August 31, 2007

Macon County judge commits Moberly man as sexually violent predator

Macon, Mo. — A judge in Macon County on Wednesday (August 29) found Randy Wolfe of Moberly to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) and committed him to the state treatment center in Farmington. Circuit Judge Paul K. Parkinson signed the judgment and commitment order.

The office of Attorney General Jay Nixon sought to have Wolfe (DOB - 12/10/54) committed as an SVP due to his 2001 conviction for sexual misconduct 1st degree involving a nine-year old girl, for which he received five years in prison. He also had previous convictions for sodomy and 1st degree sexual assault in Macon County in 1987, and for molestation of a minor child in Randolph County in 1975.

A petition for civil commitment was filed June 29, 2006, and Wolfe was committed as an SVP after a jury trial.

“My office will continue to aggressively pursue the indefinite commitment of those who still pose a threat to public safety,” Nixon said. “While these offenders are committed, they can get the treatment they so desperately need.”

Those committed by the court as sexually violent predators have the right to have their cases reviewed to determine if their mental abnormality has so changed that they are not likely to commit acts of sexual violence if released.

Currently, there are 86 sexually violent predators held in civil commitment in Missouri. Sexually violent predator commitments are handled by the Public Safety Division in Nixon’s office. Missouri’s sexually violent predator law took effect in January 1999.

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