Haskell Man Sentenced To 35 Months For Failure To Register As Sex Offender

Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that ALBERT PRESTON ALEXANDER, a/k/a Alexander Preston, a/k/a Albert Shadon, a/k/a Preston Alexander, a/k/a Albert Reton Alexander, a/k/a Albert Preton Alexander, age 42, of Haskell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 35 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Failure to Register as Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).

The charge arose from an investigation by the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Department and the United States Marshal’s Service. ALEXANDER was indicted in September 2013 and pled guilty in December 2013.

The Indictment alleged that from in or about May, 2013 until on or about September 4, 2013, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and elsewhere, ALEXANDER, an individual required to register as a Sex Offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, traveled in interstate commerce and knowingly failed to register and update his registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

ALEXANDER has a felony conviction from the State of California, Riverside County, for the offense of Induce Intercourse.

The Honorable James H. Payne, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. The defendant will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal prison at which he will serve his nonparolable sentence.

Assistant United States Attorney Edward Snow represented the United States.