Robert Jarrod Johnson, Sex Offender Registration Violation, Ohio 2015

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man was sentenced to 50 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Ohio, according to a federal court ruling.

Robert Jarrod Johnson, 33, was convicted of Second Degree Rape of a female juvenile in North Carolina in 2001. For at least the next 30 years, he was ordered to register as a sex offender in any state in which he lived or worked.

Johnson moved to Columbus, Ohio and obtained employment and an Ohio state ID card, but never registered as a sex offender in Ohio. He was indicted in December 2014 on a federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act violation and pleaded guilty to that offense in February 2015.

During the course of the case, investigators discovered that between May 2013 and October 2013, Johnson allegedly committed multiple sex offenses against a girl between the ages of 12 and 13 in Columbus, Ohio, during the period in which he was not registering as a sex offender.

Judge Peter C. Economus ruled that it was appropriate to increase Johnson’s sentence based on that conduct.

Johnson was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 50 months in prison and five years of supervised release. His case remains pending on related charges in Franklin County, including Rape, Gross Sexual Imposition, and Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor.

U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart commended the investigation by Senior Inspector Nicole Ralston, as well as Assistant United States Attorney Brian Martinez, who represented the United States in this case.

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