Warren County man sentenced in federal sex offender registry violation

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Warren County man is facing two years in federal prison for failure to update his sex offender registration, according to officials.

The United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Kentucky states 52-year-old Kelly Lamont Mason of Bowling Green was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for one count of failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

Mason was required to register due to a conviction under state law, according to officials.

Officials state Mason pleaded guilty in June 2003 to counts of sexual battery by an authority figure in violation of Tennessee law. This prior criminal conviction carries a lifetime registration requirement under SORNA, which Mason was both aware of and previously affirmed his knowledge of by signed document, according to officials.

The release states in summer of 2023, Mason moved to Warren County, where he knowingly failed to update his SORNA registration.

The case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service.