GOSHEN, N.Y. — A man at the center of an investigation into the disappearance of a Brooklyn woman is going to prison on an unrelated charge.

Prosecutors in Orange County say 23-year-old Michael Mele of Wallkill failed to report that he had changed his address. He is required to register with authorities as a sex offender following a 2008 conviction.

Mele pleaded guilty this week and faces 1-3 years in prison.

He has never been charged in the disappearance of 25-year-old Laura Garza of Brooklyn, who was last seen with Mele on Dec. 3, 2008, after they left the Manhattan nightclub Marquee together.

Intensive searches for Garza or her body have been fruitless.