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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Joshua Phillip Sweet, of Triadelphia, West Virginia, was sentenced today to eight months incarceration for not updating his sex offender registration, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Sweet, age 37, pled guilty to one count of “Failure to Update Sex Offender Registration” in February 2019. Sweet admitted to moving from Niagra Falls, New York, to Triadelphia, West Virginia in July 2017 and not updating his sex offender registration, as required by law. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshals Service and the West Virginia State Police investigated.

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided.