Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, and a resident of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal…
Continue ReadingUrbana, Ill. – A Guatemalan national, Roberto Nicolas-Simon, 24, has been sentenced to a concurrent 14 months of imprisonment for failing to update registration…
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been found guilty at trial for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and for being an…
Continue ReadingToday the Department of Justice announced the launch of the CLEU remission fund to compensate victims of an alleged “pump-and-dump” investment fraud scheme that…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Cihan Calkap, 42, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte has sentenced a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months of incarceration, to be followed by…
Continue ReadingIsaias David Jose and Tomas Mateo Gaspar were sentenced to prison for orchestrating a ransom scheme in which they held 11 undocumented immigrants captive…
Continue ReadingA federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted the owner of a marketing company, and former NFL player, for his role in…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of imprisonment on his conviction of possession…
Continue ReadingStevie Anthony Lovato is facing federal charges for suspected federal drug trafficking and firearms violations stemming from a traffic stop. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Jeremiah D. Jackson, age 22, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,…
Continue ReadingOcala, FL – Danny Anzardo (46, Ocala) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to 10 years and 10 months in…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that VADIM KOMISSAROV, the former Chief Executive Officer of Trident Acquisitions…
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland – A 39-year-old Pasadena, Maryland, man will serve more than a decade in prison in connection with child sexual exploitation charges. U.S. District…
Continue ReadingA Warm Springs, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison today for sexually abusing two minors on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Source: U.S.…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Cadale Lamar Carson, 34, of Mary Ester, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess…
Continue ReadingChinese national Wenshen Xu was extradited from Guatemala to face charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, launder drug trafficking money,…
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, N.C. – A federal jury convicted an Ahoskie man on charges of that he illegally possessed a firearm as a convicted felon. According…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney…
Continue ReadingEarlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Lori Zeno, the former executive director of a legal services non-profit organization (the Organization), pleaded guilty to…
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa – A Marshalltown man was sentenced on January 30, 2026, to 16 years in federal prison for attempted receipt of child…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted…
Continue ReadingBRUNSWICK, GA: Former BOP Officer pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia to bribery and money laundering…
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland – An Aberdeen, Maryland, woman pled guilty in federal court today, to child sexual exploitation charges.Ashley Graybeal, 27, is charged with sex…
Continue ReadingStefan Day Rowold, 37, of Wiggins, Mississippi, was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for vandalizing and setting fire to a house of…
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Cedric E. Cundiff, age 67, of Massachusetts, appeared in federal court yesterday for an initial appearance on a charge of…
Continue ReadingAn associate of the Mexican Mafia prison gang was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for participating in an attack on a…
Continue ReadingA Virginia man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material…
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