West Virginia Sex Offender Fails to Register in Huntington, Faces 10 Years in Prison

A 33-year-old Huntington man is facing up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Andrew Nicholas-Scott Titus, 33, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to failure to provide information related to interstate travel as required by SORNA. According to court documents and statements made in court, in June 2023, Titus relocated from Michigan to Lavalette, West Virginia, and in October 2023, he relocated from Lavalette to Huntington, where he lived in a residence with four minor children.

Titus failed to register or update his registration as required by SORNA after each relocation. Titus is required to register as a sex offender and comply with SORNA because of his prior convictions for gross indecency between a male and female on March 21, 2022, and for distributing obscene materials to a minor on August 6, 2015, both in Wexford County, Michigan, Circuit Court.

“The safety of our communities depends on the compliance of sex offenders with the law,” said United States Attorney Will Thompson. “We will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that those who fail to register are held accountable for their actions.”

Titus is scheduled to be sentenced on September 3, 2024. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan T. Storage is prosecuting the case.

SORNA is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and provides a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States. SORNA seeks to strengthen the nationwide network of sex offender registration and notification programs, in part by requiring registered sex offenders to register and keep their registration current in each jurisdiction in which they reside, work, or go to school.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia is dedicated to protecting the citizens of this district from violent crime. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who fail to comply with the law.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on PACER by searching for Case No. 3:24-cr-26.