Box Elder Man Sentenced for Failure to Register

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

Gary Lewis Halfe, age 62, was sentenced on January 4, 2019, to 33 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

The conviction stems from Halfe, who is a person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and a sex offender by reason of conviction under Federal Law, knowingly failed to register and update his registration between December 2017 and February 2018.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshal Service.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Ben Patterson prosecuted the case.

Halfe was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.