Anthony Lovon Dixon, Failing to Register as Sex Offender, Missouri 2015

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – In a shocking case of failure to register as a sex offender, Anthony Lovon Dixon, 44, of St. Robert, Mo., has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. This maximum penalty was recommended under the federal sentencing guidelines. Additionally, he was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release following incarceration.

The crime took place on Nov. 5, 2015, when 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.

Anthony Lovon Dixon has a history of violating sex offender registry rules. In 2009, he was convicted in Georgia of failure to comply with the state sex offender registry and sentenced to 10 years of probation. Since then, he 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.

The facts surrounding this case are disturbing. 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.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, led by Tammy Dickinson, announced the sentence. We will continue to investigate and report on cases like this, working tirelessly to keep our communities safe.