Fate man receives 15-year prison sentence for sex offender registration violation

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Herald-Banner Staff ReportFATE – A man with previous sex offender registration convictions in two states has been sentenced to 15 years in a Texas prison after authorities discovered he was living in Fate without registering.Steven Randall Pinell, 52, received the sentence last week from Judge Brian Williams in the 503rd Judicial District Court. He was convicted of felony failure to register as a sex offender with a previous conviction.The investigation began in September 2025 after a Rockwall County resident contacted Crime Stoppers with information that Pinell was living in Fate without meeting the requirements imposed on convicted sex offenders. Fate police investigated the report and determined that Pinell had been living in the city without properly registering with law enforcement.

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