Jeremy M. Smith. (Courtesy Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections)

Sex offender with lengthy history released in Stevens Point July 26

Metro Wire Staff

A Portage Co. man convicted of second-degree sexual assault is being released from prison on July 26.

Jeremy M. Smith, 45, is a white man, 5’9″ and 197 pounds, with grey hair and blue eyes. He will be released to a sex offender home at 1504 Water St.

Stevens Point police say Smith attempted a stranger rape in 2001 when he entered a local gas station and attempted to drag the female clerk into the bathroom to sexually assault her. The women escaped by using force. Smith also groped the breasts and buttocks of a 15-year-old girl. The girl later told police Smith grabbed her around the neck and tried to kiss her.

Smith was convicted of sexual assault in 2002 and sentenced to six years in state prison and six years of extended supervision. He was later convicted twice of tampering with his GPS device, in 2013 and 2020.

Smith will be living at 1504 Water St. in Stevens Point. Police say it’s a state-run home for recently-released sex offenders and the home has strict rules and no internet. Under state law, sex offenders must be released in the county where they were convicted.

He will be placed under supervision by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and monitored by sex offender agent specialists with the Division of Community Corrections, in Portage Co., and he is subject to lifetime GPS monitoring.

Additional conditions of his release include not having any unsupervised contact with minors; not being in taverns/bars/liquor stores, and not consuming alcohol or drugs. Jeremy M. Smith is to comply with standard sex offender rules and to cooperate with electronic monitoring, including complying with all requirements and lifetime registry of the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry.

Any changes of address for Smith are available at www.widocoffenders.org.

Stevens Point police say Smith has served his sentence and is not wanted by law enforcement at this time. Sex offenders have always lived in the area but it was not until the Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law was enacted that law enforcement was able to share this information with the community. Abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders will not be tolerated, police say.