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Wetzel County Man Sentenced for Sex Offender Registration Violation

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Nicholas Esteves Spencer, age 42, of Littleton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for failing to update his sex offender registration, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. 

According to court documents, Spencer has a lifetime sex offender registration requirement because of an indecent assault of a minor conviction in Massachusetts in 2005. Spencer was living in Wetzel County but didn’t register as a sex offender with the West Virginia State Police.

Spencer will serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Conklin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The United States Marshals Service, West Virginia State Police, the Wetzel County Sheriff’s Office, and the Granville Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated December 10, 2025
Topic
Project Safe Childhood
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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