Ricardo Lamont Irvine, Child Molestation, Florida 1996

A convicted child molester from Indiana has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Florida.

Ricardo Lamont Irvine, 43, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger in Jacksonville, Florida.

Irvine was convicted of child molestation in Evansville, Indiana on November 4, 1996. He pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender in Florida on December 10, 2015.

According to court documents, Irvine traveled from Indiana to Florida but failed to register as a sex offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

On September 22, 2015, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to a Walmart store in Jacksonville in reference to a disturbance. Irvine was taken into custody after records checks revealed that he was a registered sex offender from Indiana who had failed to register in Florida.

The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D. Rodney Brown.

Irvine's sentence is 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.

Ricardo Lamont Irvine, Defendant/respondent: Ricardo Lamont Irvine

Exact criminal charges: Failing to register as a sex offender

City and state: Jacksonville, Florida

Exact date: December 10, 2015 (plea), November 4, 1996 (crime), September 22, 2015 (arrest)

Sentence or outcome: 41 months in federal prison

Defendant's age: 43

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/convicted-indiana-child-molester-sentenced-failing-register-sex-offender