Rosebud Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The sentencing took place on May 6, 2024.

Jesse Leader Charge, age 29, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Leader Charge was indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender by a federal grand jury in December of 2023. He pleaded guilty on February 5, 2024.

On October 7, 2019, Leader Charge was convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact in U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. As a result of this conviction, Leader Charge must comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. Leader Charge was released from a prison term on September 11, 2023, and began his term of supervised release residing in Rosebud. Leader Charge failed to update his registration upon release from prison and did not update his registration until he was arrested in December of 2023.

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 and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Abby Roesler prosecuted the case.

Leader Charge was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.