Phillip Jordan, Failing to Register as a Sex Offender, Massachusetts 2023

BOSTON - A sinister plot has been uncovered in Springfield, Massachusetts, as a local man has been charged with a serious crime. Phillip Jordan, 50, of Springfield, was indicted in U.S. District Court in Springfield on one count of failing to register as a sex offender.

According to court documents, Jordan was convicted in 1984 of rape with a knife, gross sexual misconduct, and kidnapping in York County Superior Court in Maine. He traveled from Maine to Springfield in August 2015 and failed to register as a sex offender in Massachusetts until October 2015.

The charging statute provides a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and John Gibbons, U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, made the announcement today.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex J. Grant of Ortiz's Springfield Branch Office.

The details contained in the indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Jordan's case is brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse.

Project Safe Childhood was created by the Department of Justice in 2006, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse.

Carmen M. Ortiz and John Gibbons made the announcement today in the case of Phillip Jordan.

The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/springfield-man-charged-failing-register-sex-offender