Green Bay Offender Residency Board approves most residency requests, denies two

The Green Bay Offender Residency Board reviewed multiple residency appeals at its meeting, approving most requests to live at specified addresses while denying at least two applicants because board members found treatment and supervision concerns unresolved.

Board members repeatedly emphasized treatment completion and sobriety as factors in residency decisions. The board denied applications from Keith Bushey (requested 1759 Shawano Avenue) and Israel Nazario Veliz (requested 1651 Elkay Lane), citing insufficient completed offender treatment and concerns about the circumstances in the criminal complaints. Board Chair (unnamed in the record) said, “I will say that I’m just a tad bit leery about allowing him to come out,” explaining the concern centered on whether applicants had received adequate programming and could maintain sobriety.

Lieutenant Allen of the Green Bay Police Department reviewed criminal complaints for several applicants. In the record he told the board that the victim interviews and the written criminal complaints for one case indicated more than a single incident, a point the applicant disputed. The applicant Israel Nazario Veliz told the board he believed the incident was a…