BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) -- A man from Raleigh County was sentenced for violating the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice, 61-year-old Anthony Broadnax, of Beckley, was sentenced on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 to one year and six months in prison, followed by five years of parole, for failure to register as a sex offender, as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), after he moved from Virginia to West Virginia.
The press release stated that according to statements made in court, after moving from Virginia, Broadnax lived in the Beckley area of Raleigh County from around May 2021 to approximately July 26, 2021 but reportedly did not register in West Virginia or update his