Okmulgee Resident Sentenced To 36 Months For Failure To Register As Sex Offender

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Derrick Leron Jordan, age 49, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment, and 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 charges arose from an investigation by the Okmulgee Police Department and the United States Marshals Service.

The Indictment to which Jordan previously entered a guilty plea alleged that from on or about December 14, 2018, until on or about March 24, 2020, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and elsewhere, the defendant, an individual required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, after having received a felony conviction from the State of Oklahoma on or about April 22, 1999, for Rape First Degree and Oral Sodomy, traveled in interstate commerce and knowingly failed to register and update his registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

Acting United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said, “Ensuring that sex offenders register and update their registration is an important way law enforcement can promote public safety. In 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) which made it a federal offense for any person required to register as sex offender who travels in interstate or foreign commerce to fail to register and/or update their registration. Defendants, like Mr. Jordan, who attempt to thwart the registration system will be located and brought to justice.”

“As part of our efforts to keep our communities safe, it is with great pride that the United States Marshals Service works alongside state, local and tribal law enforcement to ensure that convicted sex offenders comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act” said, United States Marshal Kerry Pettingill.
              
The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. The defendant will remain in custody pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which the non-paroleable sentence will be served. Assistant United States Attorney Nalani Ching represented the United States.