Albany Sex Offender Sentenced for Failing to Update Registration

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Terry L. Shellenberger, age 48, of Albany, was sentenced today to 10 months in jail, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for failing to update his sex offender registration.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and United States Marshal David L. McNulty.

Shellenberger is a sex offender. In 2006, he was convicted, in federal court, of child pornography possession. Since his release from prison in 2012, he has been required by federal and state law to notify the New York State Sex Offender Registry about any change in his residential address. As part of his May 23, 2017 guilty plea, Shellenberger admitted that he failed to disclose to the registry that for several months in 2017, he had been residing at a motel in the city of Albany.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Probation Office, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.