Patrick Sullivan, age 32, of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison following his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles further sentenced him to serve five years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
According to admissions made as part of his guilty plea, Sullivan was convicted of sexual assault of a child in Dallas County, Texas, in July 2021, and was sentenced to three years imprisonment. This conviction requires him to register as a convicted sex offender for life.
On August 25, 2025, Sullivan was arrested in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. During his plea, he admitted to traveling to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2024 and later to Donaldsonville, Louisiana, where he established residency and domicile in January 2025. Sullivan admitted to knowingly failing to register as a sex offender in Louisiana.
U.S. Attorney Kurt L. Wall praised the hard work of the United States Marshal’s Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lyman E. Thornton III led the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Middle District of Louisiana — U.S. Department of Justice press release.