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SEX OFFENDER DEEMED SEXUALLY VIOLENT
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 -- 12:39 pm
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
 A 33-year-old Clark County man will remain committed under Wisconsin “sexually violent persons” law.
Following a recent hearing, Clark County Circuit Court Judge Jon Counsell denied Todd McDonald’s request to be discharged.
Under Wisconsin law, a person may be subject to a civil commitment when the person has been convicted of a sexually violent offense, has a mental disorder, and is dangerous to others because the mental disorder makes it likely he or she will commit further acts of sexual violence.
McDonald was convicted in 1995 in Clark County of second degree sexual assault for sexual conduct with a 9 year old girl. McDonald also was adjudicated in Clark County in 1992 for second degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 years. Both of these crimes are considered sexually violent acts under Wisconsin law. Evidence further established that McDonald committed other acts of sexual assault of children, and that McDonald currently suffers from the mental disorder of pedophilia, which predisposes him to engage in acts of sexual violence.
McDonald remains in the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for care, control and treatment at the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston.
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