Boston - A sex offender from Kentucky was sentenced today in federal court for failing to update his address and failing to register as a sex offender in Massachusetts.
Robert Lee Bowdre, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris to 18 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release.
Bowdre, a convicted sex offender, traveled from Kentucky to New Bedford where he failed to register as a sex offender. In 1996, Bowdre was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy in Kentucky.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and United States Marshal John Gibbons made the announcement today.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael I. Yoon of Ortiz's Major Crimes Unit and Jennifer Serafyn of the Ortiz’s Civil Division.
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