Wilburton Resident Sentenced For Failure To Register As Sex Offender

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Aniseto Bernal Lara, Jr., age 56, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender.

The charge arose from an investigation by the United States Marshals Service Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force.

On August 20, 2024, Lara pleaded guilty to the charge.  On July 26, 1985, Lara was convicted of felony Sexual Assault in the State of Texas and required to register as a sex offender.  Lara was advised of the requirements to register as a sex offender and to inform law enforcement of any change in residency.  According to investigators, from September 1, 2023, and until October 23, 2023, Lara failed to register as a sex offender despite moving into and living at a residence in Latimer County, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Lara will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Bove represented the United States.