United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Toledo, Ohio, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on September 12, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
Maurice Anthony Streater, age 32, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Streater was indicted by a federal grand jury in September of 2021. He pleaded guilty on June 15, 2022.
The conviction stems from Streater failing to register as a sex offender as required by state law between January 1, 2021, and September 9, 2021. Streater had previously been convicted of a sex offense in state court which requires him to register for the rest of his life.
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 the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann M. Hoffman prosecuted the case.
Streater was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.