Dustin Gene Ayres

Dustin Gene Ayres (DOB 5/3/1982, OID 211953) is a Level 3 registered predatory offender who relocated to Northwest Sylvan Township, in the rural Pillager area of Cass County, Minnesota, on June 4, 2026. The Cass County Sheriff's Office issued an official fact sheet notification dated June 8, 2026, pulled directly from the county's own document center. Ayres was released from custody on May 5, 2025, roughly 13 months before this relocation -- this is a same-state address change, not a fresh release. Per the fact sheet, Ayres engaged in sexual contact against a known female child and a known female teen in separate incidents.

Legal status: this record covers a completed sentence and a same-state address change -- not a pending charge. Ayres has served the sentence imposed on him by the court and, per the notifying agency's own fact sheet, is not wanted by police. The notification exists because Minnesota's Community Notification Act allows law enforcement to inform the public when a registered offender relocates. The two victims are never named, described, or sought out beyond what the official notification already discloses.

Identity

• Legal name: Dustin Gene Ayres -- verified, Cass County Sheriff's Office fact sheet

• Date of birth: 05/03/1982 -- verified

• Offender ID (OID): 211953 -- verified

• Risk level: Level 3 -- verified

• Physical description: White male, 6'0", 239 lbs, blue eyes, blonde/strawberry hair -- verified

• Current address (as disclosed): Northwest Sylvan Township, rural Pillager, MN 56473 -- verified

• Local supervision/registration contact: Travis Fisher, (218) 536-0046 -- verified

Criminal history relevant to this notification

Ayres has 18 Minnesota court cases on record under this name and DOB (2000-2025). The two sex-offense cases and two registration-violation felonies are the ones with direct public-interest relevance to this notification.

Isanti County, 30-CR-05-851 (child victim). Filed 2005; Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd Degree, victim under 13 (Minn. Stat. 609.343.1(a)). Pleaded guilty; sentenced December 2006 to 39 months (stayed 25 years), 220 days local confinement, 25 years' supervised probation. He violated probation, and the stayed sentence was executed in July 2008. verified

Benton County, 05-CR-06-3424 (teen victim). Filed 2006; originally charged with Burglary 1st Degree, Criminal Sexual Conduct 4th Degree (victim mentally impaired/helpless, Minn. Stat. 609.345.1(d)), and Trespass. The CSC count was amended down and then dismissed in 2008 as part of a plea to Burglary 1st Degree only. Sentenced May 2008 to 39 months, executed. The sex-offense charge was never a conviction in this case -- it was charged, then dismissed. verified

Morrison County, 49-CR-07-2892. Felony conviction for violating predatory-offender registration requirements (Minn. Stat. 243.166.5(a)). Sentenced July 2008 to 36 months, executed. verified

Cass County, 11-CR-23-1578. A second felony registration-violation case, in the same county Ayres is now registered in. Amended by plea to an attempted violation; convicted, sentenced April 2024 to 20 months (mandatory minimum two-thirds imprisonment, up to one-third supervised release) -- confirmed directly from the signed Sentencing Order/Warrant of Commitment, Judge Jana M. Austad. This is the sentence Ayres was released from on May 5, 2025 -- not a release tied to the original sex offenses. verified, primary document retrieved.

Also on record: repeated burglary and theft convictions (Isanti, Morrison, Otter Tail, Todd Counties, 2000-2025) and numerous traffic convictions. verified

Timeline

• 1982-05-03: Born -- fact sheet

• 2005-10: Offense period, Isanti County CSC 2nd Degree case (child victim) -- MCRO

• 2006-12-08: Offense date, Benton County case (teen victim) -- MCRO

• 2006-12-21: Isanti sentencing -- stayed 39 mo., 25 yrs probation -- MCRO

• 2007-01-01: Offense date, Morrison County registration violation -- MCRO

• 2008-05-21: Benton sentencing -- CSC charge dismissed, Burglary 1st Degree convicted, 39 mo. executed -- MCRO

• 2008-07-02: Morrison sentencing -- 36 mo. executed -- MCRO

• 2008-07-30: Isanti probation violation found; stayed sentence executed -- MCRO

• 2023-09 to 10: Offense period, Cass County registration violation -- MCRO

• 2024-04-22: Cass County sentencing -- 20 mo., attempted violation -- MCRO

• 2025-05-05: Released from custody (end of Cass County sentence) -- fact sheet; MCRO; DOC

• 2025-08-08: Relocated to Bungo Township, rural Pine River -- Walker Pilot-Independent

• 2026-06-04: Address change to Northwest Sylvan Township, rural Pillager -- fact sheet

• 2026-06-08: Cass County Sheriff's Office fact sheet issued -- fact sheet

Open questions

• What is the exact registration-expiration date? Not yet confirmed.

• Why did Ayres relocate twice within about ten months (Pine River, August 2025; Pillager, June 2026)? Not established as suspicious, but a fair question for the Sheriff's Office.

• Underlying complaint/judgment PDFs for the Isanti, Benton, and Morrison cases are confirmed unavailable through Minnesota Court Records Online -- those cases predate the state's e-filing rollout. Obtaining them requires a formal records request to each county's court administration.

• Right-of-reply outreach to Ayres or his registration contact is not yet documented.

Sourcing

Cass County Sheriff's Office official fact sheet (2026-06-08); MN DOC Public Registrant Search (OID 211953); Minnesota Court Records Online Register of Actions for all four key cases; the signed Cass County Sentencing Order/Warrant of Commitment for case 11-CR-23-1578; the Walker Pilot-Independent (2025-08-04).