Gary Allen Swift Jr., SORNA Violation, West Virginia 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gary Allen Swift Jr., 62, was sentenced to prison for violating the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

According to court documents, Swift failed to register or update his registration as required by SORNA after he relocated to West Virginia from Iowa. He was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse in Nicholas County, West Virginia, Circuit Court on March 18, 1986, and criminal sexual assault in Rock Island, Illinois, Circuit Court on November 20, 2006.

Swift traveled from Iowa to Huntington, West Virginia, following his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender in Scott County, Iowa, District Court on January 4, 2023. He then moved from Huntington to Charleston, where he continued his pattern of failing to register until February 2024.

Swift was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the United States Marshals Service (USMS).

Chief United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan T. Storage prosecuted the case.

SORNA is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and provides a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States.

Gary Allen Swift Jr. is required to register as a sex offender and comply with SORNA because of his convictions for first-degree sexual abuse and criminal sexual assault.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/sex-offender-sentenced-prison-violating-federal-sex-offender-registration-and