Coeur d'Alene man jailed again for failure to update sex offender information

COEUR d’ALENE — For the second time in two months, a local man has been arrested for allegedly failing to update his information on the sex offender registry.

Brandon Montagne Jr., 24, is charged with two counts of failure to update registration, both felonies. Because he has previous felony convictions for burglary and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16, Montagne also faces a persistent violator enhancement.

The charges stem from late June, when Montagne allegedly failed to update his registry information to include a new phone number and five new email addresses.

When contacted and subsequently arrested by police Saturday, Montagne said he didn’t update the information “because he didn’t feel like adding (the phone number and email addresses),” according to court records.

He also allegedly told the responding officer that he is under investigation for “another count of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years of age.” 

At the time of his arrest, Montagne was out on bail for a separate case of failing to update his information on the sex offender registry. In that case, filed in June, Montagne allegedly failed to report changes to what vehicles he drives, as well as new tattoos.

He posted $10,000 bail in that case.

In 2018, prosecutors charged Montagne with lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 and child sexual abuse, both felonies, after authorities discovered his sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Montagne was 19 at the time. In Idaho, a person aged 16 or 17 cannot consent to sex with a person who is more than three years older.

Montagne ultimately pleaded guilty to a single count of child sexual abuse and received a seven-year prison sentence. The court retained jurisdiction in the case and Montagne spent a year in a jail treatment program, called a rider, before he was placed on supervised probation for three years.