Two Men Sentenced for Failing to Register as Sex Offenders

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two men were sentenced in federal court today, in separate and unrelated cases, for failing to register as sex offenders after moving to St. Robert, Mo., and Branson, Mo.

USA v. Dixon

Anthony Lovon Dixon, 44, of St. Robert, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. Today’s sentencing is the maximum penalty recommended under the federal sentencing guidelines. The court also sentenced Dixon to 10 years of supervised release following incarceration.

On Nov. 5, 2015, Dixon pleaded guilty to failing to register or update his registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act. Dixon, who was convicted in the state of Georgia in 2002 for sexually molesting an 11-year-old victim, traveled from Georgia and lived in Missouri for six months.

Even though he was previously convicted of failure to register as a sex offender in Georgia and was informed that he had to maintain his registration, Dixon left the state without notifying anyone and move to a new state. Upon arriving in Missouri, Dixon failed to register as a sex offender or notify law enforcement of his presence within the state so he could be properly monitored.

According to court documents, Dixon has been convicted on nine separate occasions for 11 separate criminal offenses. With the exception of the child molestation case, where he was given a three-year sentence of incarceration followed by a seven-year sentence of probation, each and every other court has sentenced Dixon to probation.

Dixon was convicted in Georgia in 2009 of failure to comply with the state sex offender registry and sentenced to 10 years of probation. Since then, according to court records, Dixon has violated his probation four additional times and has been reinstated to probation each time. In addition to using drugs and violating the court’s orders while on this probation, at least two of Dixon’s violations were due to his continued failure to register as a sex offender.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney. It was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service.

USA v. Parker

Lance L. Parker, 25, who is from Delaware but had been staying at a hotel in Branson, Mo., at the time of his arrest, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 23 months in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Parker to 10 years of supervised release following incarceration.

On Nov. 10, 2015, Parker pleaded guilty to failing to register or update his registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act.

Parker was convicted in 2009 in the state of Delaware of rape. He escaped from Morris Correctional Community Center in Dover, Del., on April 28, 2015, and fled the state with his girlfriend. They traveled to Missouri and stayed at a Branson motel for nearly a month before attempting to drive to Las Vegas. When their car broke down in New Mexico, they returned to Branson and stayed at a couple of different motels until Parker was arrested on June 22, 2015.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abram McGull, II. It was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service, the Branson, Mo., Police Department and the Taney County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.