Iowa sex offender gets maximum 18- to 20-year sentence in Wyoming; Man not listed in online Iowa registry

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From Casper Star-Tribune:

Calling him a "poster child for why sex offender registration exists," a judge Friday sentenced a Mills man to 18 to 20 years in prison for molesting a boy.Judge Scott Skavdahl said he could not accept that Gregg was now "begging for treatment" when nothing prevented him from getting treatment before his latest crime."You had the opportunity and now I have three victims," Skavdahl said, referring to the boy in Mills and

Melvin Gregg was already a convicted sex offender in Iowa before he pleaded no contest earlier this year in Natrona County to charges he sexually abused an elementary school-aged boy last fall, prosecutors say.

Judge Scott Skavdahl said he could not accept that Gregg was now "begging for treatment" when nothing prevented him from getting treatment before his latest crime.

"You had the opportunity and now I have three victims," Skavdahl said, referring to the boy in Mills and victims in Iowa. ...

Melvin Gregg's name was not found in a search today at http://www.iowasexoffender.com.

On November 9, 2007 the Star-Tribune listed a 2nd-degree sex assault felony charge for Melvin Shane Gregg, 48.