Colorado Man Sentenced in New Mexico for Failing to Update Sex Offender Registration

ALBUQUERQUE – Michael Pawletzki, 35, of Lakewood, Colo., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Pawletzki will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.

SORNA, also known as the Adam Walsh Protection and Safety Act, requires that a convicted sex offender register in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, where the offender is employed, or where the offender is a student, and that the sex offender maintain current registrations.

Pawletzki was charged by indictment on Nov. 17, 2015, with violating SORNA by failing to update his sex offender registration. On July 1, 2016, Pawletzki pled guilty to a felony information charging him with failing to update his registration from Dec. 2014 through Nov. 2015, in Valencia County, N.M.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Raquel Ruiz-Velez.