ALBANY, NEW YORK – Willie Davis, 37, of Syracuse, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court on June 24, 2026, to one count of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and admitted to violating a condition of his supervised release related to his possession of an unmonitored cell phone.First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Acting United States Marshal Christopher J. Amoia made the announcement. As part of his guilty plea, Davis admitted that in 2011, he was convicted in of Rape in the Second Degree and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years’ probation.
As a result of this conviction, Davis was also ordered to register as a sex offender in New York. In 2012, Davis was convicted of Coercion and Enticement of a Minor in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York and sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment followed by 20 years of supervised release. He was also required to register as a Sex Offender based on this federal conviction.“Operation Safe Childhood provides resources and connections to protect our nation’s children, I am thankful to the United States Marshals Service for their efforts in catching this repeat offender,” said First Assistant U.S.
Attorney John A. Sarcone III. “Due to his continued pattern of disregarding the law and endangering the safety of others, Mr. Davis once again will spend time behind bars, where he cannot pose a threat to the community.”“The sex offender registration system exists to protect our communities by ensuring accountability and enabling law enforcement to monitor convicted offenders,” said Christopher J.
Amoia, Acting United States Marshal for the Northern District of New York. “Individuals who deliberately disregard these legal obligations or violate the conditions of their supervised release will be held accountable.” “The United States Marshals Service will continue working with our law enforcement partners to aggressively pursue and apprehend offenders who disregard the law and threaten the safety of our communities.”In September 2025, Davis was released from custody of the Bureau of Prisons and entered the Residential Reentry Center in Syracuse, New York, as part of his term of federal supervised release. In November 2025, staff at the Residential Reentry Center found an unregistered cell phone in Davis’s possession. Forensic examination of the phone by United States Probation Office revealed that three e-mail addresses were being utilized on the device that had not been registered by Davis as required by law.
At sentencing, currently scheduled for November 18, 2026, in Utica, New York, Davis faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison, a fine up to $250,000, and term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life on his Failure to Register conviction. Davis also faces an additional term of imprisonment based on his admission to a violation of his supervised release term. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is convicted of violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.The United States Marshals Service investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Whalen is prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood.Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.