U.S. Attorney William S. Thompson | U.S. Department of Justice
Elliot J. Santiago, a 25-year-old resident of Brooklyn, New York, has been sentenced to time served and five years of supervised release for failing to provide required information regarding his interstate travel. This requirement falls under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
Court documents reveal that Santiago was obligated to adhere to SORNA due to his conviction for first-degree sexual abuse in Monongalia County Circuit Court on August 28, 2019. From approximately May 30, 2023, to October 25, 2023, Santiago neglected to notify authorities about his travel from Charleston, West Virginia, to Toledo, Ohio and subsequently to Brooklyn, New York.
United States Attorney Will Thompson announced the sentence and acknowledged the investigative efforts of the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Santiago spent roughly one year and two months in custody before receiving this sentence from United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan T. Storage.
SORNA is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. It establishes a set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification across the United States. The act aims to enhance the national network of sex offender registration programs by requiring offenders to maintain current registration in all jurisdictions where they live, work or study.
Further details about this case can be accessed through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia's website or by searching Case No. 2:23-cr-174 on PACER.
