Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Cecil C. Michel, 64, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after pleading guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice imposed a sentence of 15 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Rice also sentenced Michel to an additional 18 months for violating his term of supervised release.
According to court documents, Michel was convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact Within Indian Country in 2004. As a result, Michel is federally required to register as a sex offender for 25 years. Michel has since been convicted of failing to register twice before. He also has repeatedly been sanctioned for violations of his supervised release conditions. According to court documents, In August of 2022, Michel left his home in Spokane and did not return. Michel did not register a new address with Spokane or Ferry County or notify Spokane County he was moving. In June of 2023, Investigators with the United States Marshal’s Service arrested Michel at a home in Inchelium, Washington.
“Repeated disregard of the requirement to register as a sex offender puts Eastern Washington communities at risk, said U.S Attorney Waldref. “My office enforces these registration requirements to protect all those who call Eastern Washington home, including those who live in urban and rural communities and on Native American lands.”
“A core mission of the United States Marshals Service is to track down, apprehend and prosecute those who flagrantly disregard registration requirements dictated by the Law,” stated Gavin K. Duffy, Chief Deputy United States Marshal for Eastern Washington. “In this case the U.S. Marshals worked with our local and tribal partner agencies to accomplish this mission and will continue to do so as long as there are offenders who continue to threaten the communities of Eastern Washington.”
This case was investigated by the United States Marshal’s Service. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Cashman.
