Convicted child molester Yova Kana Shaday , 69 , requested to be released from a New York prison so that he could donate to a sperm bank . A convicted child molester begged a New York judge for permission to leave jail so that he could donate to a sperm bank and have a chance to procreate . Yova Kana Shaday , 69 , said he was being robbed of his 'last opportunity to be fruitful and multiply ' in the letter filed at Brooklyn Federal Court . Shaday said he feared that , if imprisoned , he would be too old to donate his sperm once released . He wrote that he prayed the court would consider the 'very serious truth in releasing me ' and warned that 'the gravity of this extenuating circumstance is in your hands ' . The letter signs off with Shaday 's hope that 'your god lead you to be fruitful and multiply , ' before he adds in a ' P.S ' that his sperm donation was intended for an unnamed 'specific receiver , ' according to the New York Daily News . Federal Judge Edward Korman swiftly denied Shaday 's request . Shaday is currently incarcerated at the Queens Correctional Facility . He is awaiting trial for failing to register as a sex offender in New York . If convicted , Shaday faces up to 10 years in prison . Police received a tip in November that Shaday was living under a fake name in Brooklyn , a fact they confirmed after showing his mugshot to neighbors . The request was filed to Brooklyn Federal Court ( pictured ) and was swiftly denied by Federal Judge Edward Korman . Shaday is currently awaiting trial for failing to register as a sex offender . They then nabbed Shaday when he reported his bicycle was missing to the NYPD under his alias , Lucas Avram . Shaday is supposed to register as a sex offender every year for the rest of his life , . According to court papers , Shaday has been convicted twice in California for molesting minors . Shaday pleaded guilty to committing a lewd act with a child under the age of 14 in 2005 and was sentenced to three years in prison . He then pleaded guilty to molesting a child under the age of 18 in 2008 and served 180 days in jail .
Yova Kana Shaday is currently incarcerated in Queens , washing York and is awaiting trial for failing to register as a sex worker in the 1990s . Shaday said sperm donation was illegal for unnamed ' specific receiver ' Federal Judge Edward Korman swiftly denied his allegations . Shaday was indicted in 2005 and 2008 for molesting minors in California .