Level-3 Sex Offender

Please be advised that the Lowell Police Department has been notified by the Sex Offender Registry
Board at the Criminal History Systems Board that an individual on the registry has been classified as a Level 3 offender. A Level 3 offender is someone for whom re-offense is considered high.

Under state law, our department is required to make community notifications regarding Level 3 offenders when the offender lives, works or has committed a crime within our city.
Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter Six, Chapters 178C-178P, the state Sex Offender Registry Board has identified Michael L. Degree of 1 Forestview Avenue, Lowell , Massachusetts as a Level 3 sex offender. He is a 35 year-old black male, standing 5'6”, weighing 210 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The dates and charges for which he was convicted or adjudicated was a charge of Rape on 4/25/00.

The Board has determined that this individual is at a high risk to re-offend and that the degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a substantial public safety interest is served by active community notification.

Michael L. Degree

 Home Address:   1 Forest View Ave. Lowell, MA.

Last Name: Degree
First Name: Michael L.
DOB: 
Sex: M
Age: 35
Height: 5' 6 "
Eyes: Brown
Ethnicity: 
Race: Black
Weight: 210 lbs.
Scars/Marks:
 
Glasses: None
Hair Color: Black
 

Work address: unemployed

Information contained in this sex offender report shall not be used to commit any crimes against the sex offender or to engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of an offender. Any person who uses this information to commit a crime shall be punished by not more than two and one half years (2 1/2) in a house of correction, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both such fine and imprisonment pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 6, Section 178N.

In addition any person who uses Registry information disclosed pursuant to this act to threaten to commit a crime may be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 275, Section 4.

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