Jefferson County man sentenced for failing to register

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Patrick Allen Darlington, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for a failure to register charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Darlington, 43, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of “Failure to Register.” Darlington, a person required to register as a sex offender because of a prior conviction, has admitted to traveling across state lines without updating his sex offender registration from August 2020 to March 2021 in Jefferson County and elsewhere.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Eleanor F. Hurney prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The U.S. Marshals Service investigated.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.