PD – The Valley City Police Department is notifying residents about a high-risk sex offender who has recently moved to Valley City.

47 years of age, Alton Grant Mitzel, lives at 235 Central Ave N Apt #8 Vallley City ND, 58072.

Mitzel is a American Indian, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 190 pounds, and has Brown eyes and Black hair.

Mr. Mitzel has been assigned a High risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee, Office of the Attorney General.

Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition. Mitzel told a 13-year-old girl, who was a family friend, that she would sleep at his house. Mitzel came home at 5:30 A.M. and put knife to the 13-year-old, who had just awakened. Mitzel forcibly raped her. Mitzel was terminated from treatment for non-participation and refusing to accept responsibility.

Conviction Date: 6/19/2002 Morton County District Court, ND.

Disposition: 5 years; first serve 3 years; 2 years suspended for 4 years; 13 days credit; 4 years supervised probation.

Police emphasize that Mitzel is not currently wanted and has served his court-imposed sentence. The notification aims to ensure public safety and is not intended to incite fear or vigilantism. Residents are warned that harassment, intimidation, or threats against Mitzel, his family, landlords, or employers will result in prosecution

More information on registered offenders is available on the Attorney General’s website at www.sexoffender.nd.gov/.