Pawtucket Man Pleads Guilty To Failing To Register As A Sex Offender

PAWTUCKET, RI — A Pawtucket sex offender who was convicted of indecent assault on a person under the age of 13 pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to register as a sex offender, officials announced in a news release.

Officials said that after 34-year-old Antonio Medina-Santiago was released from prison and a halfway house in Pennsylvania, he broke the law by failing to register as a sex offender.

As police approached Medina-Santiago while he was walking near his home on June 1, 2022, he ran to his building and barricaded himself inside an apartment behind a locked steel door before surrendering himself a half hour later, officials said.

Santiago-Medina is scheduled to be sentenced on February 22, 2024, according to officials.