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Rapid City Man Charged With Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

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

United  States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

Waldo Patrick War Bonnett, age 45, was indicted on January 15, 2014.  He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on January 21, 2014, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.

The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to 10 years in custody and/or a $250,000 fine, life of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.  Restitution may also be ordered.

On or about between the 15th day of October, 2013, and the 9th day of January, 2014, War Bonnett, a person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and a sex offender by reason of a conviction under federal law, knowingly failed to register and update his registration.

The charge is merely an accusation and War Bonnett is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. 

The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie H. Ruettgers is prosecuting the case.   

War Bonnett was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending trial.  A trial date has not been set.


Updated June 22, 2015