Gilberto Morales, Sex Offender Registration Violation, Rhode Island 2023

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for failing to register in Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, United States Marshal Jamie A. Hainsworth and Pawtucket Police Chief Paul King.

Gilberto Morales, 30, of Pawtucket, a convicted sex offender in Wisconsin, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Providence to 46 months in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender. Morales has a 25-year duty to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), and also under Wisconsin and Rhode Island state law.

Morales was convicted in Wisconsin in February 2003 of second degree sexual assault of a child. He was also convicted in Wisconsin in September 2006 with failing to register as a sex offender.

Shortly after Morales’ arrest in Rhode Island in July 2011 for failing to register as a sex offender, an investigation by Pawtucket Police resulted in charges being brought against Morales for the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old Pawtucket girl. It is alleged that the assault took place shortly after Morales moved to Rhode Island.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Rogers. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. Rhode Island State Police assisted in the investigation of this matter.

Morales is currently awaiting trial in state court on two counts of first degree child molestation, two counts of second degree child molestation and one count of failure to register as a sex offender.

Defendant: Gilberto Morales. Crime: Failing to register as a sex offender. City: Providence, R.I. Date: U.S. District Court in Providence sentenced Wednesday in 2023. Sentence: 46 months in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release.}

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/convicted-sex-offender-sentenced-nearly-four-years-federal-prison-failing-registe