Sagle Man Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

COEUR D'ALENE - Jeremy Arthur Bolish, 48, of Missoula, Montana, pleaded guilty today to failure to register as a convicted sex offender , U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.  Bolish was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on May 19, 2015.

According to the plea agreement, in April 2008, Bolish was convicted of sexual intercourse without consent in Montana.  Because of this crime, Bolish was required to register and update his registration pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).  Bolish admitted that by August 2014, he moved from Montana to Idaho and did not register or update his sex offender registration as required by SORNA.  Bolish was arrested in May 2015, and has been in federal custody since.  

The charge of failure to register as a convicted sex offender is punishable by up to ten years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a term of supervised release of not less than five years and up to life.

Sentencing is set for November 16, 2015, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene.

The case was investigated by U.S. Marshals Service and the Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office.

Jeremy Arthur  Bolish was prosecuted for a violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) passed by Congress in 2006.  The Act requires sex offenders to register and keep their registration current in each jurisdiction where they reside.  Violations of SORNA can be prosecuted in federal court.