Morgan County man sentenced for failing to update his sex offender registration

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Douglas Brett Bishop, of Great Capacon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Bishop, age 51, pled guilty to one count of “Failure to Register.” Bishop admitted to failing to register as a sex offender in Morgan County, West Virginia from May to September 2018. Bishop was convicted of a crime in Union County, South Carolina that required him to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara K. Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshal Service and the West Virginia State Police investigated. 

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/.

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