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19-05-2025
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Man who escaped St. Peter sex offender facility is captured in Missouri
The man who escaped the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in St. Peter has been arrested in Missouri. St. Peter Police Department issued an alert Sunday morning to find 53-year-old Steven Loren Edwards, having been informed by the MSOP facility at around 5:20 p.m. Saturday that he had escaped. However, Edwards had last been seen at the facility just before 7 p.m. on Friday, with authorities saying he apparently removed his ankle monitoring device and left the campus. He had last been seen leaving the 2500 block of Bridge Avenue in Albert Lea in a silver 2004 Dodge Stratus, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Details have not been provided regarding where in Missouri he was captured, nor the manner of his arrest.
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18-05-2025
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Sex offender arrested after escaping St. Peter treatment center
The Brief Authorities are searching for a registered sex offender who they say escaped a treatment facility in St. Peter. This is the second time a sex offender escaped from the facility this month. ST. PETER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police say a man who escaped from a Minnesota sex offender treatment facility was arrested and is in custody as of noon on Sunday after evading authorities since Friday night. This is the second time a sex offender escaped from the St. Peter treatment facility this month. READ MORE: Potentially armed sex offender who escaped from St. Peter facility back in custody What we know The escaped offender, Steven Loren Edwards, 53, is now in custody, according to an announcement made by the St. Peter Police Department around noon on Sunday. Edwards reportedly obtained a 2004 Dodge Stratus and was in the city of Albert Lea on Saturday, according to a social media post from the St. Peter Police Department. Police say he was found and arrested in Missouri. St. Peter police say they were informed of the escapee at about 5:20 pm on Saturday, May 17. Edwards was reportedly last seen at the Saint Peter Regional Treatment Center Campus just before 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16. What we don't know Authorities have not provided details on how Edwards escaped the treatment facility. Dig deeper Police arrested another sex offender who escaped the same facility earlier this month. Beau-Jacob Edward Zimmer, 45, escaped from the facility overnight and was found later that morning. The backstory The Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) provides court-ordered treatment for people with sexual offenses. Following their prison term, individuals deemed in civil court to either be a "sexual dangerous person" or have a "sexual psychopathic personality" may be committed for an "unspecified period of time" for treatment, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services's website. MSOP has locations in Moose Lake and in St. Peter. People typically begin treatment at the Moose Lake facility then transfer to St. Peter to work toward being released and completing their treatment. As of April 28, the MSOP houses 752 people in its facilities. Another 66 provisionally discharged people are living in Minnesota communities under supervision, and fewer than 10 people with provisional discharges are awaiting community placement, according to the DHS website. The Source This story uses information shared by the St. Peter Police Department.
