Boyceville man accused of sex offender registry violation and methamphetamine delivery

By LeAnn R. Ralph

MENOMONIE — A 48-year-old Boyceville man has been accused of failing to properly register as a sex offender and also is accused of possession and delivery of methamphetamine.

Chris D. Herdahl made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Rod Smeltzer June 20 on one felony count of possessing methamphetamine second offense and as a party to a crime, one felony count of delivering methamphetamine and one misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia.

Herdahl posted a $300 cash bond on the methamphetamine charges May 25.

In a separate case, Herdahl is accused of failing to properly register as a sex offender.

According to the criminal complaint, Herdahl was convicted of the second degree sexual assault of a child on February 28, 1995. The offense requires lifetime registration as a sex offender.

Herdahl is required to notify the Wisconsin Department Of Corrections sex offender registry program within ten days if he has a change in residence, employment, schooling or Internet identifiers.

On each registration and confirmation letter sent out, the first page outlines laws pertaining to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, and the person is required to sign the letter and to return it. Herdahl’s last signed and returned letter was mailed out on September 14, 2016, and returned on September 17, 2016, the complaint notes.

Center Street

On May 5, a specialist with the Department of Corrections, along with the United States Marshall’s office and the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department attempted to make a residence verification on Herdahl’s reported address at 918 Center Street in Boyceville.

No one was at the address, and the Department of Corrections specialist left a sealed envelop asking Herdahl to make contact by May 15, according to the complaint.

The specialist attempted to call Herdahl using the last known telephone number on May 17, but the greeting indicated voicemail had not yet been set up.

The complaint states Boyceville Police Chief Greg Lamkin sent an e-mail message to the specialist on May 17: “Chris Herdahl got evicted by his mom a few weeks ago. He was staying in a camper on Mobile Court until last week. Our last intel was they were going to go to either Twin Springs campground in Red Cedar or a campground in Spring Valley. I know they were out of there by May 8th and sold narcotics from the trailer on Mobile on May 9th.”

Herdahl called the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry on May 22 and reported an address at Elk Point Resort at 618th Street, Colfax, although he did not provide a start date. A letter was mailed to the address on May 23.

The Department of Corrections specialist received notification Herdahl was arrested May 23 on pending charges, was in the Dunn County jail and was released from the jail on May 24, according to the complaint.

The complaint for the methamphetamine charges notes Herdahl was arrested May 23.

Airport park

According to the complaint, Police Chief Lamkin e-mailed the Department of Corrections specialist May 25 to say, “Chris Herdahl paid this afternoon for a month to camp at our airport park. He moved his camper there now.”

The sex offender registry received a telephone call from the owner of Elk Point Resort May 30 to say Herdahl had been at her campground recently but was no longer there and would not be allowed to return.

Since May 8, Herdahl failed to contact the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry to report a change of address. The last reported address was on 618th Street, Colfax, at the Elk Point Resort, according to the complaint.

Grand Slam

The complaint on the methamphetamine charges indicates a search warrant was executed at a 1980 Grand Slam motorhome located at Elk Point Resort on May 23 owned by Chris Herdahl and Brenda Herdahl.

Items seized included three Samsung cell phones; .9 grams of methamphetamine; $255 in United States currency; scales; and a methamphetamine pipe, according to the complaint.

Chris Herdahl told investigators the methamphetamine in the camper belonged to him and to Brenda.  Herdahl said he had bought a quarter of an ounce of methamphetamine the previous day, and when he was asked what had happened to the remaining meth, Herdahl said he and others had smoked some of it, and he had given an “8 ball” to his brother, Chad Herdahl, who had sold it to someone else, according to the complaint.

Herdahl is scheduled for another court appearance on the drug charges August 22.

He is scheduled for an initial court appearance July 3 on the failure to keep his registration current with the Wisconsin sex offender registry.