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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.15.2007
Two convicted sex offenders who escaped from local halfway houses last year were indicted last week under a stringent new law passed in July.
The men — Lee Benedict Segundo, 44, and Davis F. Eleando, 39 — were indicted on charges of failure to register as convicted sex offenders and escaping from custody in two separate incidents, according to a news release from the U.S. District Attorney's Office in Arizona.
The men were staying in the halfway houses as a condition of supervised release when they absconded in September and October, the release said.
They did not update their registration within three days, as required under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which expanded the definition of a sex offense and increases the penalty for offenders who fail to comply with registration requirements.
These indictments are the first federal prosecutions under the provisions of the Adam Walsh Act in Arizona, the release said.
The failure to register or update registration carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. A conviction for escape carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
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