PR 2023

A level 3 Registered Sex Offender Spokane Area

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Sex Offender Information Bulletin-Notification of Move/Release

Level III Offender


 
Spokane County WA Sheriff’s Office, Date 10/31/2024


 
The Spokane County WA Sheriff’s Office is releasing the following information pursuant to RCW 4.24.550, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender release when, in the discretion of the agency, the release of information will enhance public safety and protection.


 
The individuals who appear on such notifications have been convicted of a sex offense that requires registration with the Sheriff’s Office in the county of their residence. Further, their previous criminal history places them in a classification level which reflects the potential to reoffend.


 
This individual has served the sentence imposed on them by the courts. HE/SHE IS NOT WANTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME. THIS NOTIFICATION IS NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR; RATHER IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS A SAFER PUBLIC.


 
Law Enforcement has no legal authority to direct where a sex offender may or may not live. Unless court ordered restrictions exist, this offender is constitutionally free to live wherever he/she chooses.

 Kurt Leeroy Engle 

White Male, Age: 73 Hair: Gray Eyes: Blue

Residence: 2800 block of E. Cincinnati St, Spokane

Convictions-Date & Crime: 

February 15, 1991     Child Molestation 3rd Degree 

October 31, 1994       Rape of a Child 1st Degree

October 31, 1994       Child Molestation 1st Degree

Aliases: None Known 

 

 

Public Comment: In 1991, Engle was convicted of Child Molestation in the 3rd Degree in Spokane County, WA.  According to official file documents, Engle sexually assaulted a 5-year-old known girl. In 1994, Engle was convicted of Rape of a Child in the 1st Degree and Child Molestation in the 1st Degree in Grant County, WA. According to official documents, Engle sexually assaulted a 4-year-old known boy and a 1-year-old known girl on multiple occasions. Engle was sentenced to 245 months confinement. According to official documents, Engle admitted to several additional unadjudicated sexual assaults on juvenile females as well as thousands of acts of indecent exposure. In 2009, Engle was found to be a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) and civilly committed at the Special Commitment Center (SCC) on McNeil Island. In 2024, Engle was found eligible to release to a Less Restrictive Alternative (LRA) placement in the community. Due to his sexual criminal history, Engle has been classified a Level 3 Sex Offender.

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