BANGOR, Maine — An Ellsworth man will serve 1½ years for violating a federal sex offender registry law, officials said Thursday.
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. also sentenced James Eggleston, 34, to five years of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. Eggleston pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 5, according to court records.
Eggleston was arrested in August 2014 for an Ellsworth burglary. Investigators learned that Eggleston was required to register as a sex offender because of a 2003 Florida conviction, but he had failed to do so in Maine, officials said.
Eggleston admitted that he moved to Maine in April 2014, four months before his arrest, and had not notified authorities as required by law, officials said.
The U.S. attorney’s office’s statement on the matter does not specify the charge for which Eggleston was convicted in Florida.
The U.S. Marshals Service and the Ellsworth Police Department conducted the investigation.