Convicted Sex Offender Avoids Trial

{West Virginia}...Convicted sex offender Brett Myers avoided facing trial for allegedly molesting a nine year old girl because prosecutors say her mother refused to cooperate. Prosecutors dropped the charge in a plea deal in which Myers admitted he had failed to register as a sex offender. Myers, who was convicted of third degree sexual abuse in 2007, was immediately sentenced to one to five years in prison. Myers has already been behind bars 16 months awaiting trial. Failure to register carries the same penalty as the improper touching charge linked to the child that was dismissed.