Man Pleads Guilty To Failing To Update His Sex Offender Registration

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jeremy Lynn Rasmussen, age 38, pleaded guilty today to failing to update his sex offender registration, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and U.S. Marshal David McNulty of the Northern District of New York.

Rasmussen faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a maximum $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release of between 5 years and up to life when he is sentenced on January 19, 2016 by United States District Judge Gary L. Sharpe.

Rasmussen pleaded guilty to a violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), which requires a convicted sex offender to register where he or she resides, is employed, or is enrolled as a student, and to keep any registration current.

Rasmussen was prosecuted after abandoning his Albany residence in January 2015 and then moving to Pittsfield, Mass., without updating his sex offender registration. Rasmussen is required to register as a sex offender as a result of a 2002 conviction, from Jefferson County, New York, for first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping.

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, with assistance from the Pittsfield Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Barnett.

This case is prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.