CEDAR RAPIDS – A sex offender who failed to register when he moved to Iowa pled guilty on February 1, 2012, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Tommy Kuehl, age 40, from Mason City, was convicted of one count of failure to register as a sex offender.
At the plea hearing, Kuehl admitted that, between May and September 2011, after moving to Iowa, he knowingly failed to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. In 1991, Kuehl was convicted in Arizona for a sex offense involving a minor.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Kuehl remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Kuehl faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and supervised release for 5 years to life following his imprisonment.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office.
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.
In Mason City you get 30 days for this and another 2 days for possesion of Meth, Mark Hoffman, recent example. Let’s see what happens to Kuehl, in comparison.