Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

DATE & TIME: 02-14-2022 / 1:10 pm

LOCATION: 622 Bell Street / Beatrice, Nebraska         

OFFENSE: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

CASE #: 2022-0409

On Monday, 02-14-2022, shortly after 1:00 pm, investigators and deputies from the Gage County Sheriff’s Office arrested 25-year-old Austin Michael Douglas, of Mound City, Kansas for failure to register as a sex offender in Nebraska.  Austin Michael Douglas had been living in Beatrice since mid-January 2022 and had been advised on several occasions he needed to contact the Nebraska State Patrol Sex Offender Registration Unit in Lincoln to begin the sex offender registration process, but he had failed to do so.

Gage County Sheriff’s Office investigators first became aware of Austin Michael Douglas living in Nebraska in late January.  He was advised by the Nebraska State Patrol and the Gage County Sheriff’s Office on at least three different occasions to contact the Nebraska State Patrol Sex Offender Registration Unit and schedule an appointment.  The Linn County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office provided biographical and criminal history on Austin Michael Douglas.  He had been convicted of Aggravated Indecent Solicitation of a Child in Topeka, Kansas.

Investigators contacted Austin Michael Douglas on 02-14-2022 while he was sitting in a van parked in the yard of 622 Bell Street and after being interviewed, he was placed under arrest and taken to the Gage County Detention Center.  A second male, Casey Williams, was found in possession of drugs and it was discovered he had a felony warrant for robbery from Douglas County/  Lawrence, Kansas.  He was also taken to the Gage County Detention Center and booked in on the warrant.

The Beatrice Police Department was advised of the investigation and arrest due to the proximity of the Bell Street address to Stoddard Elementary School.

Sheriff Millard “Gus” Gustafson #903

Sergeant T. Hanson #90310

Investigator M. Ernst #90315

Deputy M. Hager #9038