Judge Orders New Location For Sex Offender

A Richland County mother of three says she was relieved after a judge ordered a repeat sex offender be relocated. After nearly two hours, a judge decided it’s not in the community’s best interest to have 64-year-old Richard Sugden live next to the family in a remote part of town. He spent decades in prison for rape, 1^st-degree sexual assault and child abduction. Sugden also has a history of violent offenses while in prison including holding staff members hostage with a home-made knife and attempting to escape. Sugden has been living in northern Wisconsin since he was released from prison last June. He was approved to live in Richland County by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. However the judge ordered the Department of Corrections to work with Sugden to find him a new place to live in Richland County in the next 60 days.