{"id":45319,"date":"2026-08-28T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45319"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:49:08","slug":"sheyenne-man-listed-as-tier-3-sex-offender-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/sheyenne-man-listed-as-tier-3-sex-offender-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheyenne Man Listed as Tier 3 Sex Offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sheyenne (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Anthony Ralph Hopkins is listed as a Tier 3 offender in registration information provided to TRF News.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins is listed as a resident of Sheyenne, North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>His date of birth is July 8, 1977. He is 49 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record lists June 16, 2026, as his last verification date.<\/p>\n<h2>2005 Federal Conviction Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The registration information lists a federal conviction dated November 23, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The offense is listed as aggravated sexual abuse under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 2241.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&amp;req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title18-section2241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal law identifies Section 2241<\/a> as the aggravated sexual abuse statute.<\/p>\n<p>The law covers several forms of prohibited sexual conduct under federal jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Those provisions include conduct involving force, threats, unconsciousness, drugs, or certain child victims.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HOPKINS-ANTHONY-RALPH.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Ralph Hopkins mugshot\" \/><figcaption>Anthony Ralph Hopkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The supplied record does not identify which subsection applied in Hopkins&#8217; case.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide the facts surrounding the 2005 conviction.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is reporting the offense as it appears in the provided registration information.<\/p>\n<h2>Tier 3 Registration Information<\/h2>\n<p>The provided record identifies Anthony Ralph Hopkins as a Tier 3 offender.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins is listed as 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 260 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>His hair is listed as black. His eyes are listed as brown.<\/p>\n<p>The registration information lists a Sheyenne residence for Hopkins.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is not publishing the full street address in this story.<\/p>\n<p>Readers seeking current information can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sexoffender.nd.gov\/offender\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Dakota Offender Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official search allows users to look for registered offenders by name and location.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota says registry information changes when new details enter the official system.<\/p>\n<p>The state also says registration accuracy can be affected by recent moves or delayed updates.<\/p>\n<h2>Current Information Should Be Checked<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied record lists June 16, 2026, as Hopkins&#8217; last verification date.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should check official records before relying on an address or registration detail.<\/p>\n<p>The listed conviction occurred in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>This report does not state that Hopkins faces a new criminal charge.<\/p>\n<p>Federal court records may contain more information about the original criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/court-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Courts website<\/a> provides information about accessing federal court records.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Ralph Hopkins of Sheyenne is listed as a Tier 3 offender after a 2005 federal aggravated sexual abuse conviction in North Dakota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[13],"tags":[22868,22750,23681,23680,22784,23645,8371,23650,22761,786],"class_list":["post-45319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-offenders","tag-18-usc-2241","tag-aggravated-sexual-abuse","tag-anthony-hopkins","tag-anthony-ralph-hopkins","tag-federal-conviction","tag-north-dakota-sex-offender","tag-sex-offender-registry","tag-sheyenne-nd","tag-tier-3-offender","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45321,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45319\/revisions\/45321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}