James Dean Trangsrud Sentenced to Prison in Failure to Register as a Sex Offender Case

          SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant JAMES DEAN TRANGSRUD, age 51, from Santa Rita, was sentenced today in District Court to a 12-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release for failure to register as a sex offender. The Court also ordered TRANGSRUD to pay a mandatory $100 assessment fee and to perform 25 hours of community service. In addition, defendant was ordered to register with the sex offender registry in every jurisdiction that he lives, resides, is employed, or attends school.

          On March 31, 2017, TRANGSRUD entered a guilty plea to an Indictment charging him with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2250(a)(1) and (2). The investigation revealed that in 2000, TRANGSRUD, was convicted of Indecent Exposure, Lascivious Acts with a Child, Sexual Abuse and Indecent Contact with a Child in the Iowa District in and for Black Hawk County and was required to register with the sex offender registry. August 12, 2016, TRANGSRUD absconded from Iowa and traveled to Guam where he failed to register and update his registration with the Guam Sex Offender Registry. United States Marshals located TRANGSRUD on February 15, 2017 in the village of Santa Rita, Guam.

          The District Court noted the importance of the Guam Sex Offender Registry in the protection of the community. Court imposed sentence of 12-months imprisonment, a special assessment of $100, supervised release of three years, and ordered the defendant to undergo a sex offender assessment approved by the U.S. Probation Office. Additionally, the court restricted the defendant from employment with minors below the age of eighteen and ordered he have no contact with children.

          The United States Marshals Service, Inspector Marciano Patricio and USMS Supervising Deputy John Untalan conducted the investigation. The case was prosecuted by Rosetta San Nicolas, an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Guam.