{"id":45346,"date":"2026-08-28T18:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45346"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:25:45","slug":"saint-michael-man-listed-as-tier-3-sex-offender-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/saint-michael-man-listed-as-tier-3-sex-offender-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Michael Man Listed as Tier 3 Sex Offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saint Michael (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Fulton Joseph Merrick is listed as a Tier 3 offender in registration information reviewed by TRF News.<\/p>\n<p>Merrick is also listed under the alias FJ Merrick.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists Merrick as a resident of Saint Michael, North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>His date of birth is December 23, 1975. He is 50 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record lists June 1, 2026, as his latest verification date.<\/p>\n<h2>2006 Federal Conviction Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The registration record lists a federal conviction dated May 17, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The offense is listed as sexual abuse of a minor.<\/p>\n<p>The record cites 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 2243(a) and 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1153.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=%28title%3A18+section%3A2243+edition%3Aprelim%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18 U.S.C. \u00a7 2243<\/a> covers sexual abuse of a minor under federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Subsection 2243(a) applies to certain victims between 12 and 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The law requires the other person to be at least four years older.<\/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\/MERRICK-FULTON-JOSEPH.png\" alt=\"Fulton Joseph Merrick mugshot\" \/><figcaption>Fulton Joseph Merrick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The conviction also cites <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&amp;path=%2Fprelim%40title18%2Fpart1%2Fchapter53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1153<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Section 1153 addresses specified federal crimes committed within Indian country.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record does not provide more details about Merrick&#8217;s original case.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not list his sentence or federal court case number.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is reporting the conviction as shown in the registration information.<\/p>\n<h2>Tier 3 Registration Information<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied record identifies Fulton Joseph Merrick as a Tier 3 offender.<\/p>\n<p>Merrick is listed as 6 feet tall and weighing 185 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>His hair is listed as black. His eyes are listed as brown.<\/p>\n<p>The registration information lists a Saint Michael residence.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is not publishing Merrick&#8217;s full street address in this report.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sexoffender.nd.gov\/offender\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Dakota Offender Search<\/a> for current public information.<\/p>\n<p>The state website provides public information about qualifying registered offenders.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota says the website updates when official registration information changes.<\/p>\n<h2>Verification Date Listed in 2026<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied record lists June 1, 2026, as Merrick&#8217;s last verification date.<\/p>\n<p>Registration information can change after moves or other official updates.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should check the official registry before relying on a listed address.<\/p>\n<p>The conviction described in this report occurred in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>This report does not state that Merrick faces a new criminal charge.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can also visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsopw.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Sex Offender Public Website<\/a> for additional registry resources.<\/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>Fulton Joseph Merrick of Saint Michael is listed as a Tier 3 offender after a 2006 federal conviction for sexual abuse of a minor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45347,"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":[22870,22784,23707,23705,23706,23645,23654,8371,22758,2855,22761,786],"class_list":["post-45346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-offenders","tag-18-usc-2243","tag-federal-conviction","tag-fj-merrick","tag-fulton-joseph-merrick","tag-fulton-merrick","tag-north-dakota-sex-offender","tag-saint-michael-nd","tag-sex-offender-registry","tag-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor","tag-spirit-lake","tag-tier-3-offender","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45346","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=45346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45348,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45346\/revisions\/45348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}