Williamsport Man Charged With Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Henry Herb, III, age 52, of Elmira, New York, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for failing to register as a sex offender upon relocating from Pennsylvania to New York.

According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that from December 2025 and continuing to April 1, 2026, despite being required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), upon relocating to New York from central Pennsylvania, Herb failed to register his address as required by SORNA.

This matter was investigated by the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Assistant United States Attorney Alisan V. Martin is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.

The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 10 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. A sentence following the finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Indictments are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

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