The Bloomington Police Department in Minnesota has issued an important community alert concerning a Level 3 Predatory Offender. According to a social media post from the department, residents are being informed about Ahmed Hersi Abdi, who resides on the 8100 block of Bloomington Ave S. The notification is part of the BPD’s commitment to ensuring a safer community through vigilance and transparency regarding predatory offenders.
Abdi’s criminal history includes engaging in sexual contact with an unknown female child back in 2016, a contact that involved penetration. The BPD’s post detailed that Abdi accessed the victim when they rode together in an elevator, and subsequently moved with her into a vacant hallway where he used shock and force to quickly maintain control. This incident underlines the department’s ongoing efforts to proactively share information that can help prevent future offenses.
Level 3 offenders are considered to have a high risk of re-offending, and law enforcement agencies are obliged to make the presence of these offenders known to the public. The BPD has adopted an aggressive posture concerning the verification of predatory offender registration information and in making this data available to community members…