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DES MOINES, IA - United States Attorney Matthew
G. Whitaker announced Charles E. James was sentenced by United States
District Court Judge Harold D. Vietor to 12 months and a day in federal
prison after pleading guilty to failing to register as a sex offender.
James was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after his
imprisonment, and to pay an assessment of $100 to the Crime Victim Fund.
In James’ written plea agreement, dated August
29, 2008, James admitted to the following facts:
1. The defendant knew that he was required to register as a sex offender for
life under
California law, as a result of a rape conviction in California from 1973.
Defendant was required to
update his registration on an annual basis and, furthermore, was required to
notify authorities within ten days if he moved to another state.
2. Defendant last registered in California in December 2006, and he failed
to update his
registration in December 2007.
3. In the summer of 2007, defendant traveled in interstate commerce from
California to Iowa,
and defendant resided in the Des Moines area until his arrest on March 18,
2008. James’ initial arrest in March, was based upon a State of California
arrest warrant for a violation of their state’s sex offender registration
laws.
4. Defendant was required to register as a sex offender in Iowa because he
was required to
register under California law, and defendant knowingly failed to do so.
Defendant also failed to notify California authorities that he had relocated
to Iowa.
This case was prosecuted by the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of
Iowa, as part of the enforcement of the Adam Walsh Act, under Project Safe
Childhood. The
investigation was conducted by the U.S. Marshal Service’s Fugitive Task
Force and the Des Moines Police Department. |
