Police Arrest Predatory Offender Living Illegally in Richfield

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A convicted predatory offender, who has been living in Richfield for more than a month without registering as an offender, has been arrested.

Derrick DeWayne Bolden, 33, is charged with failure to register as a predatory offender, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of a year and a day in prison.

According to the criminal complaint, signed by Minneapolis Police Officer Troy Walker, officers were on patrol near the intersection of Lake Street and Elliot Avenue just after 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 when they spotted a group of people drinking Colt 45 malt liquor on the sidewalk.

The officers approached the group to issue citations for drinking in public, and one of the men identified himself as Bolden.

According to the complaint, when officers checked Bolden’s record, they learned that he was listed as a noncompliant predatory offender, meaning that he had failed to let authorities know where he was living, as required by law.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reported that Bolden had been deemed noncompliant as of June 25. Authorities believed that he was living at an address in Minneapolis, however, Bolden told police he became homeless on April 23 and had rented an apartment in the 7700 block of Wentworth Avenue in Richfield on July 1, according to the complaint.

Bolden’s criminal record includes convictions for making terroristic threats in 2008, violating a no-contact order in 2008 and second-degree burglary in 2009.

Bolden remains in the Hennepin County Jail on a $5,000 bond. An omnibus hearing in his case is scheduled Aug. 29 in Hennepin County District Court.