Woman admits she lied to feds

This is proof of the harm caused by sex offender registries to families and relationships. The world knows why the fellow maybe didn't report a address change, and yes that is a problem. However, the police said the boyfriend was already out the rear window before she answered the question at the front door, 5 minutes had elapsed, therefore she did not lie to the police. Case after case is won on such technicalities, this is one that they should dismiss. Love causes many to act in ways that others may not agree with, but folks need to understand relationships.

2-22-2011 Virginia:

City resident says she wanted to protect boyfriend

HARRISONBURG -- A Winchester woman admitted in U.S. District Court last week that she lied to federal agents.

___, 29, entered into a plea agreement Feb. 8, according to online court records.

A statement of facts filed in the case says that two U.S. marshals and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent went to ___'s house on Nov. 9 to look for her boyfriend, ___, who was wanted by the state for failure to register as a sex offender. It says he was a fugitive at the time.

When the agents knocked on ___'s door and identified themselves as police officers, she didn't answer at first, and they could hear whispering behind the door, the statement says. She answered the door after five minutes and claimed no one else was inside the home.

However, one of the marshals -- who had gone behind ___'s house -- saw ___ climbing out a window and caught him, the statement says. When ___ let the agents search her house, they found ___'s clothes inside, it says.

"___ told [the marshal] she lied about __'s presence in her residence because she loved ___," according to the statement of facts.

The plea agreement says that ___ faces a maximum punishment of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

According to online Winchester Circuit Court records, an arrest warrant was issued for ___, 25, of Berryville, on Nov. 2. He has a revocation hearing scheduled for April 19, records indicate.

___ was indicted in Clarke County Circuit Court on Jan. 10 for failing to register as a violent sex offender. He was ordered to serve one month in jail on the same charge in Clarke County three years ago, and has numerous probation violations, according to court records.

A bench trial is scheduled in Clarke County on April 18, according to the Circuit Court clerk's office.

The Virginia State Police sex offender registry says that ___ is currently in the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Winchester. It says he was convicted of rape in December 2005 in Clarke County. ..Source.. Sally Voth