DAVENPORT, Iowa -- On January 16, 2018, Oscar Lee Hall, Jr., age 41, formerly of Nichols, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Hall was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term, a condition of which will include continued compliance with the sex offender registration laws, and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

Hall was convicted in Michigan of criminal sexual conduct in 1998. Between November 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017, Hall returned to Iowa and failed to register and update his registration pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

This matter was investigated by the United States Marshals Service, Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office, and West Liberty Police Department. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for Southern District of Iowa.

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