Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings, on November 24, 2009, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, EGONN TRUJIL BRADY, a 35-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. BRADY was sentenced to a term of:

• Prison: 72 months

• Special Assessment: $100

• Supervised Release: 15 years

BRADY was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to failure to register as a sexual offender.

In an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marcia K. Hurd, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:

In 2001, in federal district court, BRADY was convicted of felony abusive sexual contact. BRADY was sentenced to 12 months prison, followed by supervised release. Based on his conviction, BRADY was required to register as a sexual offender and was informed of that requirement both in the judgment and when he was released on supervised release.

BRADY registered in Yellowstone County on November 27, 2007, while on supervised release. BRADY last registered his address with Yellowstone County on April 30, 2008, using the address of a Billings motel.

In January of 2009, the U.S. Marshals Service received information from the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office that BRADY was not currently registered in Montana. The motel BRADY had registered as his address had been torn down. Demolition of the motel started in late October or early November of 2008, and was completed by January 1, 2009. All of the residents living there, including BRADY, were out by the middle of October.

BRADY had been arrested in Billings in October for several misdemeanor charges and reported to the arresting officer that his current address at that time was his father's address, who is also a registered offender. However, his father stated that BRADY did not reside with him but that he was still in the Billings area somewhere. BRADY has not updated his registration notifying the Registry or Yellowstone County of any new address from his last registered address, which no longer exists.

The Montana Sexual and Violent Offender Registry confirmed that BRADY is out of compliance with Montana's Sexual Offender Registry requirements for failing to update his registration in Montana.

Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that BRADY will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, BRADY does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for "good behavior." However, this reduction will not exceed 15% of the overall sentence.

• e investigation was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.

 

 

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