Sex offender headed to halfway house

By GAZETTE STAFF Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008

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Kenneth Ashmore

JANESVILLE — A convicted sex offender will be released Tuesday to a halfway house between Janesville and Beloit.

Kenneth G. Ashmore, 44, was convicted in 1997 of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child. His victims were girls 10 or younger.

Ashmore will be released to Rock Valley Community Programs, 203 W. Sunny Lane, Janesville.

Conditions of his release include no unsupervised contact with minors and no contact with his victims.

Ashmore is barred from taverns, bars and liquor stores and from consuming alcohol or drugs. He must comply with standard sex offender rules and cooperate with electronic monitoring.

He must have regular face-to-face contact with law enforcement and comply with all requirements of and be a lifetime registrant of the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Program.

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