WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Thomas Hammerstone, 34, of McMechen, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court to six months incarceration for failing to register as a sex offender, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
Hammerstone admitted to traveling in interstate commerce and failing to register and update his registration as a sex offender from November 2015 to October 2016.
Hammerstone is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act by reason of a conviction under state law.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshals Service investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.