Press release from United States Attorney’s Office District of South Dakota:

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler sentenced a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The sentencing took place on January 26, 2026.

Bradlee Doyle, age 22, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Doyle was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2025. He pleaded guilty on October 24, 2025.

Doyle was convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in November 2023 in United States District Court, District of South Dakota. Based on his conviction, he is required to register or update his registration every time he moves or changes his address. Doyle registered his address in Rapid City, SD, in July 2025. Doyle subsequently left his address and did not update his address within three days. Doyle was aware of his obligations to register and knowingly failed to do so. Doyle was later located and arrested in August 2025, on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

The U.S. Marshals Service investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Poppen handled the prosecution.

Doyle was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.