Wagoner Man Sentenced To 24 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 GARY JAMES NEEL, age 40, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).

Charges arose from an investigation by and the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Department, the Denver and Aurora, Colorado Police Departments and the United States Marshal Services in Muskogee, Oklahoma and Denver, Colorado. The defendant was indicted in December, 2012 and was found guilty by a federal jury in March, 2013.

The evidence presented at trial proved that from in or about September 5, 2012 until on or about October 4, 2012, 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 New York, Saint Lawrence County, on or about June 26, 1998, for the felony offense of Attempted Sexual Abuse, First Degree, with a Child Less Than 11 Years Old, traveled in interstate commerce and knowingly failed to register and update his registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

The Honorable James H. Payne, 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 of the United States Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which he will serve his nonparolable sentence.

Assistant United States Attorney Edward Snow represented the United States.