A Rosebud, South Dakota man has been sentenced to federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte sentenced John Larvie, 35, to ten months in prison and five years of supervised release. Larvie was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Larvie was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2025 and pleaded guilty on August 7, 2025. His conviction stems from a prior aggravated sexual abuse conviction in Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court in 2019, which requires him to register as a sex offender and update his registration within three business days if he moves or changes employment or student status.
On May 6, 2025, Larvie began supervised release while living in Rosebud but did not update his sex offender registration until nearly a month later, on June 4, 2025.
The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 that brings together federal, state, and local resources to address child sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the Department of Justice’s website (https://www.justice.gov/psc), Project Safe Childhood aims to locate and prosecute individuals who exploit children and identify victims.
The investigation involved the U.S. Marshals Service and Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.
“Larvie was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.”
