sex offender pleads guilty to failing to register
Contact: Peter Deegan
A sex offender who did not register pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Michael Lee Bevins, 43, from Cedar Rapids, was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender.
At the plea hearing, Bevins admitted he was required to register as a sex offender because he was convicted in Black Hawk County of sexual abuse in the third degree. Bevins admitted he failed to register as a sex offender in Iowa after interstate travel, as required.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Bevins remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Bevins faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, $100 in special assessments, and a lifetime term of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was investigated by the United States Marshal’s Service.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 10-30.
