PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A convicted sex offender who once lived in Providence has pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to register when he moved to Massachusetts.
The Rhode Island U.S. Attorney's office says 38-year-old Denny Mendoza pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Providence to failing to register as a sex offender after moving to Fall River, Mass., then Chelsea, Mass., beginning in May of last year. Authorities say he was arrested in Chelsea in November by members of a U.S. Marshals-led sex offender task force and local police.
Mendoza had registered as a sex offender in September 2010 while living in Providence.
Federal law requires sex offenders to register and then keep their registration current in whatever jurisdiction they live, work or attend school.
Mendoza's sentencing is scheduled for January.