Cowlitz County sex offender agrees to civil commitment at McNeil Island

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5-8-17 Washington:

Former Woodland resident and convicted sex offender Isaac Casch, 28, will be sent to the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center, just south of Tacoma in the Puget Sound, where sex offenders get treatment until they’re deemed not a risk.

On Friday, the state Attorney General’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit obtained Casch’s agreement to be civilly committed as a sexually violent predator.

In a press release issued Friday, that state said sending Casch to the McNeil Island facility was “in the interest of public safety.” Prosecutors had been seeking Casch’s involuntary civil commitment to the state’s Special Commitment Center. Casch’s agreement to be civilly committed avoids a lengthy trial that was scheduled to begin July 11.

According to court documents, Casch has disclosed crimes against 41 victims, some as young as 2 years old. He’s been sentenced for assaults against three victims (two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of first-degree attempted child molestation)and soliciting sex from a fourth.

Bayport man civilly committed to Sex Offender Program

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7-21-14 Minnesota:

A Bayport man, who formerly lived in Thief River Falls, was civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person Monday, July 21 in Pennington County District Court.

Mark Douglas Cronemiller, 36, agreed to the stipulation in which he would be committed as a sexually dangerous person for an indeterminate amount of time. Court documents indicated that he was committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program at Moose Lake and St. Peter. As part of the stipulation, a request to civilly commit him as a sexually psychopathic personality was dismissed without prejudice.

Judge Tamara Yon found that it was highly likely Cronemiller would engage in “further harmful sexual conduct.” She found that he needed treatment at Moose Lake and St. Peter.

Eighteen exhibits were filed as part of the case. Among the exhibits were four exhibits from law enforcement agencies and one from the Minnesota Department of Corrections.