Allen Douglas, 59, formerly of Shickley, Nebraska, was sentenced for his failure to register as a sex offender.

On December 10, 2009, the Honorable Laurie A. Smith Camp sentenced Douglas to a thirty-three (33) month term of imprisonment. After his release from prison, Douglas will begin a 10-year-term of supervised release.

Douglas was convicted of Lewd and Lascivious Acts on an eight-year-old in California in 1994. Because of this conviction, Douglas has a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.

In June 2008, Douglas moved to Shickley, Nebraska. He failed to notify California authorities of his move. He failed to register as a sex offender upon moving to Nebraska.

Courtesy:
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.