45-Year-Old Sex Offender Failed To Register Email Address

PORT EWEN, NY — A registered sex offender on federal supervised release is facing time behind bars for keeping an aspect of his digital life secret.

Carla B. Freedman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of NY, and U.S. Marshal David L. McNulty announced that 45-year-old Joseph Nash, a/k/a "Nash Von Wicked" and "Nash Bridges," of Port Ewen, pled guilty on Tuesday to failing to update his registration as a sex offender with a new email address.

Nash became a Tier II sex offender after he pled guilty in federal court in 2009 to distributing child pornography. As a registered sex offender, Nash knew he was required to report, among other things, all email addresses he used to the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services, according to officials.

Despite the requirement, he created an email address in August 2023 and failed to report it to NY authorities as required under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

Nash, who was on federal supervised release at the time of the offense, further admitted that he did not admit he had simultaneouly created a new Facebook account to the U.S. Probation Office for the Northern District of NY.

In addition to his guilty plea to failing to update his registration information as a sex offender, Nash also admitted that he violated the terms of supervised release imposed after his child pornography conviction.

Sentencing is scheduled for March 7, 2025 before U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino.

For the SORNA offense, Nash faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of five years to life. He faces up to two years in prison for the supervised release violations.

The U.S. Marshals Service investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua R. Rosenthal is prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood. Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. Find more information about Project Safe Childhood here.