EDITORS NOTE: This article was edited to correct inaccurate information. Matthew Guthrie, 35, with a listed address on Amy Boyle Road NE in Brookfield, was not convicted of rape.

WARREN — A Brookfield man was sentenced in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday to three years probation after failing to register as a sex offender.

Attorney Carlo A. Ciccone says his client Matthew Guthrie, 35, had his first offense in 11 years before failing to register. His attorney said he has 14 years left of having to register his change of address.

During the hearing, Judge Sean J. O’Brien cautioned Guthrie about the severity of failing to register, which the judge said could have landed him 18 months in prison.

Guthrie was found by the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office to be staying at his girlfriend’s mother’s home in Hermitage, Pa., with his girlfriend and her children.

On Sept. 6, Russell Molinatto of the Sheriff’s Sex Offender Division investigated Guthrie’s whereabouts at a Maple Drive home in Pennsylvania.

Molinatto said he spoke to the mother of Guthrie’s girlfriend, who said Guthrie didn’t have her permission to stay at the house, but he had been living at the home since he and her daughter started dating about three weeks prior, a sheriff’s report states.

When asked if she was aware that Guthrie was a convicted sex offender, the mother told the deputy that she was aware of his sex offender status, saying that his victim was 17, the report states. Molinatto then informed the mother that Guthrie’s victim was 13, according to the report.

The woman told the deputy she wanted Guthrie out immediately along with his belongings, which included a motorcycle he had parked in her driveway.

On Sept. 14, the woman sent Molinatto photos of mail addressed to Guthrie now being sent to her home.

The woman told the deputy that she informed her daughter and found more personal belongings, including clothes, a wallet and his state ID, showing that Guthrie had been staying there. Guthrie denied living at the home, reports state. He told authorities that he only stayed there occasionally with his girlfriend.