Misty Dawn Baisden, 48, of St. Albans, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to failing to update her registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). According to court documents and statements made in court, Baisden did not report that she had started working at a business in St. Albans between September 17, 2025, and October 30, 2025.
Baisden is required to register as a sex offender due to her conviction for conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking of a minor on October 19, 2017, in United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
She is scheduled for sentencing on June 22, 2026. She faces up to ten years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine that could reach $250,000.
United States Attorney Moore Capito announced the plea and praised the investigative work of the United States Marshals Service. The hearing was presided over by United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston. Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan T. Storage is prosecuting the case.
“SORNA is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and provides a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States. SORNA seeks to strengthen the nationwide network of sex offender registration and notification programs, in part by requiring registered sex offenders to register and keep their registration current in each jurisdiction in which they reside, work, or go to school,” according to information provided about SORNA.
A copy of this press release can be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Related court documents are available through PACER by searching for Case No. 2:26-cr-2.
