ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - A Salem man previously convicted of failing to registering as convicted sex offender will now spend the next two years in prison.
Anthony Dean Iafornaro, 58, pleaded guilty in March to one count of failing to register as a previously convicted sex offender.
On Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, he was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release thereafter.
"The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act is a tool used by law enforcement and the community to keep track of those individuals who have previously broken the law," said United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. "When these individual, like Mr. Iafornaro, break the law again by failing to register, as they are required to, under SORNA, they must be held accountable."
According to evidence presented at previous hearings by Assistant United States Attorney Charlene R. Day, Iafornaro was convicted of attempting to kidnap a minor in the State of Montana in February 2005.
Upon his release, he moved to Virginia and was required, by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, to register as a previously convicted sex offender. While Iafornaro did register under SORNA when first arriving in Virginia, he failed to keep his registration up-to-date after acknowledging his requirements to do so.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Virginia State Police. Assistant United States Attorney Charlene R. Day prosecuted the case for the United States.