Rapid City Man Sentenced for Failure to Register

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on December 10, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

Cody Grass, age 35, was sentenced to 8 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

The conviction stemmed from Grass, who is a person required to register for a period of 25 years under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, knowingly failing to register and update his registration from July 2018 until the time of his apprehension in June 2019.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Kelderman prosecuted the case.

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