Tampa Transient Charged With Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Shawn Eugene Conrad (47), a transient found in Tampa, with failure to register as a sex offender. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. 

According to the indictment, Conrad was convicted of statutory rape in Missouri in October 2010, and was as therefore required under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) to register with law enforcement in Missouri or in any other place he traveled to. In August 2015, Conrad was in found in Tampa and had not registered as a sex offender.

SORNA is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. The Adam Walsh Act also provides for the use of federal law enforcement resources, including the U.S. Marshals Service, to assist states in locating and apprehending non-compliant sex offenders.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has violated one or more federal criminal laws, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Amanda C. Kaiser.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.  Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.