August 12, 2009

MAN CHARGED FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Nevin E. Lauchman, 31, a Pennsylvania man who lived in Vermont for several years, appeared in federal court today on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy ordered him temporarily detained until a bail hearing Friday morning. Lauchman was arrested by the Burlington Police Department earlier this month.

According to a federal Criminal Complaint affidavit signed by a Deputy U.S. Marshal, Lauchman has a 2000 conviction in New Hampshire for felonious sexual assault. He moved to Vermont after serving his New Hampshire sentence, and in 2005 was convicted of a State of Vermont offense of failing to register as a sex offender. According to the new federal Criminal Complaint, in 2008 Lauchman moved back to Pennsylvania, and during that year was also in Florida. However, apparently earlier this year he returned to Vermont without notifying Pennsylvania that he was leaving, or Vermont that he was back, and lived here since April, 2009.

The United States Attorney cautions that the information contained in the Complaint constitutes allegations only at this time and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. The maximum possible penalty for the offense is 10 years.

Nevin Lauchman is represented by Alison S. Arms of the Federal Public Defender’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William B. Darrow.