{"id":45607,"date":"2026-08-30T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45607"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:55:33","slug":"rosholt-man-on-registry-after-sex-abuse-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/rosholt-man-on-registry-after-sex-abuse-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosholt Man on Registry After Sex Abuse Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rosholt Man on Registry After Sex Abuse Conviction<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Rosholt (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Stacy Arlington Farmer is listed as a Tier 2 registered sex offender in South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists Farmer&#8217;s primary community as Rosholt.<\/p>\n<p>It also shows a verification date of April 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Farmer was born in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record lists him as five feet, 11 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p>It also lists brown hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<h2>1994 Federal Conviction<\/h2>\n<p>The registration information lists one conviction connected to Farmer&#8217;s sex offender registration.<\/p>\n<p>The conviction date is June 24, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>The listed offense is aggravated sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The record identifies the conviction as a federal offense.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied description says the case involved a 21-year-old female victim.<\/p>\n<p>The information provided does not describe a new allegation, arrest, or criminal charge.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto; max-width: 600px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FARMER-STACY-ARLINGTON.png\" alt=\"Stacy Arlington Farmer registry photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 8px;\">Stacy Arlington Farmer. Photo: Public sex offender registry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This report concerns Farmer&#8217;s registration status and the conviction shown in the supplied public record.<\/p>\n<h2>Tier 2 Registration<\/h2>\n<p>The information provided classifies Farmer as a Tier 2 offender.<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota uses a three-tier system for people required to register as sex offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Current state law says Tier II registrants must register for at least 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Tier I requires at least five years.<\/p>\n<p>Tier III requires lifetime registration.<\/p>\n<p>Those periods are set by South Dakota Codified Law 22-24B-2.1.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/sdlegislature.gov\/api\/Statutes\/22-24B-2.1.html?all=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota&#8217;s three-tier registry law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Public Registry Information<\/h2>\n<p>South Dakota maintains a public sex offender registry through the Division of Criminal Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The registry provides information about people who must register under state law.<\/p>\n<p>Registration records can change when a person moves or updates required information.<\/p>\n<p>Verification dates and other details can also change over time.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sor.sd.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota Sex Offender Registry<\/a> for current information.<\/p>\n<p>The registry should not be treated as evidence of a new crime.<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota also places limits on misuse of registry information.<\/p>\n<p>State law provides penalties for certain crimes committed because of information obtained from the registry.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/sdlegislature.gov\/api\/Statutes\/22-24B.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota&#8217;s sex offender registry statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is reporting the registration and conviction information supplied for this report.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacy Arlington Farmer is listed as a Tier 2 sex offender in Rosholt after a 1994 federal conviction for aggravated sexual abuse case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45608,"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":[22750,23838,23839,23836,23837,22753,23834,23835,22772,786],"class_list":["post-45607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-offenders","tag-aggravated-sexual-abuse","tag-roberts-county-news","tag-rosholt-news","tag-rosholt-sex-offender","tag-rosholt-south-dakota","tag-south-dakota-sex-offender-registry","tag-stacy-arlington-farmer","tag-stacy-farmer","tag-tier-2-sex-offender","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45607","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=45607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45609,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45607\/revisions\/45609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}