Duane Levering, Failure to Register as Sex Offender, Iowa 2021

A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for failing to register in Iowa.

Duane Levering, 36, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to failure to register as a sex offender on July 15, 2021.

Levering was previously convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in 2005.

Despite knowing he was required to register and update his residence information as a sex offender, Levering was caught living in the attic of a home in Fort Dodge from Spring 2020 to the time of his arrest on December 9, 2020, without registering.

Levering has an extensive criminal history, including two prior federal convictions for failure to register as a sex offender, serious assault, aggravated assault, and multiple convictions for disorderly conduct, public intoxication, eluding police, failure to obey police, and theft.

Levering was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand to 65 months' imprisonment, with a 5-year term of supervised release after the prison term.

There is no parole in the federal system. Levering is being held in the United States Marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ron Timmons and investigated by the United States Marshal Service.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/sex-offender-sentenced-more-five-years-prison-failing-register