Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty To Failing To Register As Sex Offender

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Demarco Latrel Patterson, age 30, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender, punishable by up to ten years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The Indictment alleged that Patterson was convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country in the Eastern District of Oklahoma on October 6, 2021, and was required to register as a sex offender, and that from December 9, 2025, until January 15, 2026, Patterson failed to register and update his registration despite entering, leaving, or residing in Indian country, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and that during that time, Patterson resided in a home within a two-thousand foot radius of a school.

The charge arose from an investigation by the United States Marshals Service.

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Patterson will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Morgan Muzljakovich represented the United States.