New York sex offender gets sentenced for failing to register
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say a New York man who moved to South Mississippi after meeting someone online has been sentenced to prison for failing to register as a sex offender.
The Sun Herald reports 41-year-old Kelly Antwon McKnight received a prison term of 13 months at his sentencing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
Chief Judge Louis Guirola Jr. also fined him $2,000 and ordered five years of supervised release.
McKnight was convicted of second-degree rape involving a girl 15 or younger in New York in 2001. Batavia, New York, police arrested him July 6, 2001, on a charge alleging he forced himself on the girl. The New York State Sex Offender Registry shows McKnight was convicted the same year.
