Leon McGirt, Failure to Register as Sex Offender, Pennsylvania 2023

A 45-year-old Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

Leon McGirt, also known as “Leon McGirk”, “Leon McGrit”, and “Leon McGirle”, was sentenced in federal court on his conviction for failure to register as a sex offender.

According to information presented to the court, McGirt was sentenced in 2012 in Essex County, New Jersey on a conviction for Criminal Attempt and Aggravated Sexual Assault (involving a minor victim). This conviction subjected McGirt to lifetime supervision in the State of New Jersey and required McGirt to register under SORNA.

On December 18, 2018, McGirt traveled in interstate commerce, from the State of New Jersey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and knowingly failed to register as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) until his arrest on October 29, 2019 for absconding from supervision in New Jersey.

Assistant United States Attorney Heidi M. Grogan prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Chung commended the United States Marshal Service for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of McGirt.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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