8-5 Registered Sex Offender Taken Into Custody

A 22 year-old registered sex offender was taken into custody for violating his release rules as a result of a suspicious vehicle investigation that revealed he had unsupervised contact with a 17 year-old City of West Bend girl. Last Friday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the 4400 block of State Highway 60 in the Town of Polk. This property is located near the residence of Alex J Hoffman, who is a recently released sex offender. The license plate on the suspicious vehicle was listed to a 44 year-old West Bend woman. Deputies were able to make phone contact with the registered owner of the car who stated the vehicle should be in the possession of her 17 year-old daughter. Deputies then interviewed the 17 year-old who acknowledged she had been at Hoffmann’s residence. Hoffmann was taken into custody for violating his electronic monitoring rules relating to having contact with minors. Hoffmann was convicted of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child in Washington County in 2010. While on bail for the previous case, Hoffmann had sexual contact with another underage subject and as a result he was convicted on one count of Felony Bail Jumping as well. Hoffman will be on supervision with the Department of Corrections into 2026.