A high-risk sex offender arrested Saturday after he was reportedly missing for a month could face penalties by the Minnesota Department of Corrections — maybe even prison time —for allegedly violating his conditions of release.

DOC spokeswoman Sarah Berg said a hearing will be scheduled in the next few weeks for Brooks Daniel Fisher, 51. Until his weekend arrest, Fisher had been missing since the end of March, when he allegedly left the small Freeborn County community of London without notifying his correction agent or law enforcement.

Fisher, a Level 3 offender, is required to notify authorities any time he moves, gets a new job or changes his physical appearance.

According to Freeborn County District Court documents, Fisher traveled to a residence in Golden Valley on March 30, asking a couple to look after his two dogs.

Court files say he told them: “he was in trouble and would be going to prison for a long time.” Where Fisher traveled after that is unknown.

He has been charged in Freeborn County District Court with knowingly violating his predatory offender registration. The DOC hearing is a separate line of potential action.

Berg said the hearing will be held with Fisher in the Freeborn County jail.

The first part of the hearing will determine if the allegation is true. Then if it is determined to be true, DOC officials will determine what the penalties will be for the action.

She said a low-level sanction will involve restructuring Fisher’s conditions of release, such as putting him on house arrest or a GPS monitoring device. Higher-level sanctions include prison time.

Berg noted that Fisher was on GPS monitoring for about three months when he was released from prison in April 2011. At that time he had served two-thirds of a 27-year sentence and was scheduled to be on intensive supervised release through the Department of Corrections through October 2018.

The prison time came after Fisher in 1993 was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with an adult woman, including penetration, involving a dangerous weapon in Stearns County. He reportedly used force and brandished a gun to gain compliance during the commission of the act, which was also an armed robbery. The victim did not know Fisher prior to the incident.

Fisher also committed an armed robbery at a separate business and held employees there against their will at gunpoint, according to court documents.

He is classified as a Level 3 offender because he has the highest likelihood of reoffending.