Marion man admits to not registering as sex offender

A Marion man admitted on Tuesday to not registering as a sex offender. 

Nicholas David Lamere, 44, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Missoula before Judge Donald W. Molloy. Lamere will remain imprisoned pending sentencing, which has been set for Feb. 16, 2017.

According to court documents, Lamere moved to Marion in May 2016, where he lived on Wildebeest Lane without registering as a sex offender. He had been living in the home with his two young children and another young child. Detectives found that Lamere was wanted on one felony warrant for failure to register and four misdemeanor warrants.

Lamere was convicted in July 1994 in Michigan of a felony sex crime, court documents state. The victim in the case was 15 years old at the time of the offense. Lamere was 22.

He historically has had problems with registering. In October 2008 he was sentenced to 360 days in jail for failure to comply with reporting requirements as a sex offender, third offense, in Marquette Circuit Court. Two other felony failure-to-register cases are pending in Michigan.

The National Sex Offender Registry lists November 2014 as the last time Lamere was lawfully registered before his move to Montana. At that time he was registered in Michigan. He is listed as a Level 3 offender, which means he is deemed at high risk to re-offend.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cyndee Peterson and investigated by the U.S. Marshals’ Service and the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.