The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that GARY JAMES NEEL, a 40-year-old resident of Wagoner, has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender.
Neel was indicted in December 2012 and convicted by a federal jury in March 2013. The investigation was led by the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Department, along with law enforcement agencies from Denver and Aurora, Colorado, and the United States Marshal Services in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Denver, Colorado.
According to trial evidence, Neel, who was required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act following a 1998 felony conviction for Attempted Sexual Abuse of a Child Under 11 Years Old, traveled across state lines without registering or updating his registration information as required by law.
The hearing was presided over by the Honorable James H. Payne in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in Muskogee. Neel will be transported to a federal facility to serve his nonparolable sentence, pending which he remains in the custody of the United States Marshal Service.
Assistant United States Attorney Edward Snow represented the United States during the proceedings.
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Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes|Public Corruption
- Source: Official Source ↗
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