Winnebago Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Richard T. Walker II, 31, of Winnebago, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 24, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for failure to register as a sex offender. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Walker to 33 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Walker's release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

On December 11, 2020, Walker was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska of abusive sexual contact with a child under 12. As a result of his 2020 federal conviction, Walker is required to register as a sex offender for life, to include in-person appearances every 3 months to update his registration information. After his release from prison for the 2020 conviction in May 2023, Walker registered a specific address as his residence with the Winnebago Police Department in Winnebago, Nebraska. Walker later appeared at the Winnebago Police Department in July 2023 and certified the same address was still valid, yet Walker had not lived at the registered address since the end of May 2023. Walker lived in a variety of locations during June and July of 2023 and failed to update his sex offender registration to reflect his change in address.

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service.