{"id":44419,"date":"2026-08-22T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=44419"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T23:59:13","slug":"new-town-record-lists-cummings-as-tier-2-offender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/new-town-record-lists-cummings-as-tier-2-offender\/","title":{"rendered":"New Town Record Lists Cummings as Tier 2 Offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW TOWN, N.D. (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A registration record supplied to TRF News lists Chadwick Leo Cummings as a Tier 2 offender.<\/p>\n<p>The record identifies Cummings as a resident of New Town, North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>It lists his most recent verification date as April 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record also shows a federal conviction dated August 9, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The offense description in the record is listed as abusive sexual contact.<\/p>\n<p>The record cites 18 U.S.C. Section 2243(a) and Section 1153.<\/p>\n<h2>Federal Offense Listed<\/h2>\n<p>Federal law under Section 2243 addresses sexual abuse involving minors and certain people held in custody.<\/p>\n<p>The wording of that law has changed since the 2001 conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:18%20section:2243%20edition:prelim)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18 U.S.C. Section 2243<\/a> on the official U.S. Code website.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied entry does not provide detailed facts about the underlying case.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 500px; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUMMINGS-CHADWICK-LEO.png\" alt=\"Chadwick Leo Cummings\" \/>Chadwick Leo Cummings<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The record also cites Section 1153 of federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Section 1153 deals with listed federal offenses committed within Indian country.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:18%20section:1153%20edition:prelim)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18 U.S.C. Section 1153<\/a> through the official U.S. Code.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is limiting this report to information contained in the supplied registration record.<\/p>\n<h2>Tier 2 Registration<\/h2>\n<p>The record identifies Cummings as a Tier 2 offender.<\/p>\n<p>It lists New Town as his community in the information supplied to TRF News.<\/p>\n<p>This report does not publish his street address or other unnecessary personal information.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sexoffender.nd.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Dakota Sex Offender Registry<\/a> to check current public records.<\/p>\n<p>Registry information can change after officials receive updated information.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should confirm current details through official sources.<\/p>\n<h2>Public Record Information<\/h2>\n<p>Public registries provide information that authorities make available under applicable law.<\/p>\n<p>The information should not be used to threaten, harass, or intimidate anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about the conviction should be directed to the court holding the official case file.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about registration should be directed to the agency responsible for maintaining the registry.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A supplied registration record lists Chadwick Leo Cummings of New Town as a Tier 2 offender after a 2001 federal sexual-abuse conviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[13],"tags":[23378,22784,23375,23377,22910,22776],"class_list":["post-44419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-offenders","tag-chadwick-leo-cummings","tag-federal-conviction","tag-new-town-nd","tag-new-town-news","tag-north-dakota-offender-registry","tag-tier-2-offender","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44421,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44419\/revisions\/44421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}