Rapid City Man Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

Gregory Kent Davis, age 61, was indicted on December 7, 2021.  He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on December 17, 2021, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.

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

The Indictment alleges that between June 22, 2021, and July 21, 2021, Davis who had been convicted under State law, and having traveled in interstate commerce, knowingly failed to register and update his registration.

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

The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Clapper is prosecuting the case.   

Davis was remanded to the custody of the State pending trial which has been set for February 22, 2022.