Sex offender placement in Wheatland stayed; hearing set for next week

A Racine County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday stayed an order to place a sex offender in a Wheatland residence.

But the issue is not settled and there will be an hearing next week to hear evidence from both sides in the case.

The case relates to the state’s proposed placement of Michael McGee of Racine County in a Wheatland house in the 32200 block of Highway 50 starting May 20. McGee is part of the state Department of Health Services Supervised Release program. The state had not been able to find a residence for McGee in Racine County and was ordered by a Racine County judge to look in Kenosha County. The state contacted the landlord of the Highway 50 home because they had used it for sex offenders before and found it was available.

But local government and law enforcement officials mobilized to block the placement, in part because a one year old lives next door to the subject property.

Note: We will have more coverage of Wednesday’s hearing in Racine coming. Check back. — DH

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