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North Dakota Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jonathan A. Kobes, sitting in federal district court in Rapid City, has sentenced a Bismarck, North Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The sentencing took place on February 1, 2023.

Dorian Lester, age 26, was sentenced to two years and four months in federal prison, five years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Lester was indicted by a federal grand jury in July of 2022. He pleaded guilty on October 7, 2022.

The conviction stems from Lester failing to register as a sex offender as required by federal law between May 20, 2022 and July 6, 2022. Lester had previously been convicted of a sex offense in federal court which requires him to register for the rest of his life.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Clapper prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

Lester was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Updated February 3, 2023