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Rock Rapids Man Lands in Hot Water for Skipping Sex Offender Regs
A 31-year-old Rock Rapids man is facing serious time behind bars for failing to register as a sex offender, a crime that’s taken him down hard.
Melvin Geovani Aguilar-Lopez, 31, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, pleaded guilty on May 17, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City to one count of Failure to Update his Registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a).
Aguilar-Lopez was ordered to register and update his sex offender status under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act due to his conviction of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree in the Iowa District Court for Lyon County Criminal No. FECR005748 on December 9, 2016.
According to court documents, Aguilar-Lopez admitted he knew he needed to update his sex offender registration to reflect the fact he had been living in Rock Rapids for approximately 5 months and working in Lyon County for approximately 2 months.
Aguilar-Lopez’s failure to register has earned him a spot in the slammer, where he’ll face a term of imprisonment of between 15 to 21 months, a $250,000 fine, and 5 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin Fletcher and was investigated by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations (Sex Offender Unit), and the United States Marshal’s Service.
Aguilar-Lopez was taken into custody by the United States Marshal after the guilty plea and will remain in custody pending sentencing.
Court file information can be accessed at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl, and the case file number is 24-CR-04004.
Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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