Sex Offender Is Sentenced For Failing To Update His Registration Status

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Peterkin, 40, formerly of South Carolina, who pleaded guilty to failing to update his sex offender registration status, was sentenced to time served (approximately 19 months) by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who handled the case, stated that Peterkin was convicted in 2011 in North Carolina of Taking Indecent Liberties with a Child and was required to register as a sex offender. In October 2014, the defendant relocated to South Carolina and completed the necessary registration offender. However, in June 2015, Peterkin failed to update his registration and South Carolina authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in November 2015. The U.S. Marshal’s Service found the defendant residing in Rochester, NY, in February 2016. When confronted, the defendant admitted to being wanted in South Carolina for failure to register as a sex offender as well as failing to register with any authorities in the State of New York.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of the United States Marshal’s Service, under the direction of United States Marshal Charles Salina.