Criminal Intelligence Section

Madison Police Department

SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION BULLETIN

November 24, 2003

The Madison Police Department is releasing the following information pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute 301.46(2m) which authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender's release when; in the discretion of the agency, the release of information will enhance public safety, awareness and protection. The individual who appears on this notification has been convicted of a sex offense. Further, his criminal history places him in a classification level which reflects the potential to re-offend.

This sex offender has served the sentence imposed on him by the courts. He is NOT wanted by the police at this time. This notification is not intended to increase fear, rather, it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public.

Sex offenders have always lived in our communities; but it was not until Act 440 was enacted that law enforcement is able to share this information with the community. Citizen abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders will NOT be tolerated.

Dale Allen Gimple is registered with the Sex Offender Registry, and upon his release from prison, was escorted directly to the Madison Police Department where a face-to-face registration with law enforcement took place. If Dale Gimple violates any of these rules or conditions of his parole, he will be taken into custody.

Name: Dale Allen Gimple

Age: 49

DOB: 03-01-54

Race: White

Sex: Male

Height: 5’9

Weight: 150

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Dale Allen Gimple will be residing on E. Gorham Street, in the Tenney Park Neighborhood. He was recently released from prison in Colorado where he was first convicted of Sexual Assault in 1975. Shortly after being released from prison in 1978, he and an accomplice picked up a woman hitchhiker and drove her to a secluded area where they both assaulted her. He was originally sentenced to life, but that sentence was vacated in 1993 and he was re-sentenced for the second offense. Mr. Gimple is a lifetime registrant of the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Program.

Additional Sex Offender Information:

As of the date of this bulletin, there are over 15,000 sex offenders who have registered as required in the State of Wisconsin. There are over 5,400 sex offenders on probation or parole throughout the State. Approximately 520 of these are registered to Dane County Addresses, with over half of those registered to addresses within the city limits of Madison. 75% of these offenders are on probation, having served no time in a prison.