CF sex offender charged with failing to register new address

Chris Vetter, The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.
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CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Stanley man who previously served a six-year prison sentence for child sexual assault has now been charged with violating his sex offender registry requirements.

Adam A. Askland, 36, 419 Pine Court, was charged in Chippewa County Court. Askland appeared in court recently, where Judge Steve Gibbs released him on a signature bond and set a court date for Tuesday.

Askland was convicted in Eau Claire County Court of two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child in 2007. Along with his prison sentence, he was ordered to register as a sex offender with the Department of Corrections for life.

According to the criminal complaint, Askland was released from the Chippewa County Jail in September 2023, and had 10 days to update his new address, but failed to do so. Attempts to reach him on his phone also were unsuccessful. He later provided the address for the residence in Stanley, but has not responded to any letters sent to that address.

Askland was originally charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child, but later pleaded to the second-degree sexual assault charge. He also was charged with second-degree sexual assault of an intoxicated victim, but that count was later read-in and dismissed. He lived in Eau Claire at the time.

When Askland was originally convicted of child sexual assault in March 2007, he was ordered to serve a six-month jail sentence. However, Eau Claire County Judge John Manydeeds revoked Askland’s probation in January 2011 and ordered him to serve six years in prison — with credit for 711 days already served — and six years of extended supervision.

Department of Corrections records show Askland was released from the Green Bay Correctional Institution in January 2015.

Askland also was placed on two years of probation in September 2021 for his role in stealing six vehicles, keys and titles from an Eau Claire business. Most of the vehicles were recovered during the police investigation into the theft. Askland pleaded no contest in Eau Claire County Court to a felony count of theft of movable property.

According to that criminal complaint, Eau Claire police responded July 21, 2020, to a reported burglary at Crossroads Service Center, 2910 E. Clairemont Ave. The co-owner said he arrived at work that morning and noticed a large work table out of place and papers scattered on the floor.

The doors for nearly every car in the parking lot were open. The doors had all been previously locked. The keys for 26 vehicles in the parking lot were missing from a key box inside the business. The co-owner said his own vehicle, four laptop computers, 10 car titles and some money were also missing.

The following day, another Crossroads Service Center co-owner called police to report that six more vehicles had been stolen from the business. The vehicles belonged to customers. All six vehicles had their keys stolen the previous night.