Wheeling man indicted on failure to update his sex offender registry

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling man was arraigned today on a charge of failing to update his sex offender registration after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Wheeling on June 6, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Jeremy Crinkey, age 40, was indicted on one count of “Failure to Update Registration as a Sex Offender.” Crinkey, having previously being convicted of Possession of Child Pornography in U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, allegedly failed to update his registry to his North 8th Street, Wheeling, address. The crime is alleged to have occurred from March 17, 2017 to May 30, 2017 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshal Service is investigating. 

An indictment is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

U.S. Magistrate Judge James E. Seibert presided.