Decatur Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Misuse of a Social Security Number and Identity Theft

Freddie Dewayne Long

BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted a Decatur man for failing to register as a sex offender and misusing another person’s Social Security number and other means of identification, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Marshal Martin Keely.

A five-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges FREDDIE DEWAYNE LONG, 34, with failure to register as a sex offender after moving from Tennessee to Alabama earlier this year, misuse of another person’s Social Security number on multiple occasions, and aggravated identity theft.

If convicted of failure to register as a sex offender, Long could be sentenced to a maximum 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Each charge of misuse of a Social Security number carries a maximum sentence of five years’ custody and a $250,000 fine. Each aggravated identity theft charge carries a mandatory sentence of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The U.S. Marshals Service and Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melissa K. Atwood and John B. Ward are prosecuting.

An indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges unless and until proven guilty.