Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 18 months for Violating Federal Registration Requirements

MOBILE, AL - A South Carolina man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for failing to comply with federal sex offender registration and notification laws.

According to court documents, Will Taite, 63, was convicted for Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in August of 2018 out of Berkeley County, South Carolina. Taite was sentenced to 5 years' incarceration. Taite was required to wear a GPS location monitor after being released from state prison. In September of 2025, Taite left South Carolina and traveled by Greyhound bus to Mobile, Alabama. When he arrived in Mobile on September 27, 2025, he cut off his ankle monitoring device. Law enforcement began looking for him in the last known location of the monitor. Ultimately, he was found to be residing in downtown Mobile and apprehended on October 15, 2025. He never notified his South Carolina probation officer or the Mobile County Sheriff's Office of his relocation as required by federal law.

When Taite is released from the Bureau of Prisons, he will be on supervised release for five years. Taite is also required to participate in mental health and sex offender treatment. He is prohibited from having contact with minors.

U.S. Attorney Sean Costello of the Southern District of Alabama the announcement.

The United States Marshals Service investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tandice H. Blackwood prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

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