Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Curtis Perryman, 39, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division for…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of…
Continue ReadingWILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeffrey Stormer, age 64, of State College, PA, was sentenced…
Continue ReadingKelon Von Dukes, 22, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 30 months in prison in connection…
Continue ReadingGERALD PITTMAN was arrested aboard the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line train while possessing a loaded gun. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department today announced that San Antonio-based tow company Vehicle Management Solutions Inc. (VMS) will pay $280,000 to resolve allegations that the company…
Continue ReadingA Harrison County, Ohio, man has been sentenced to federal prison for committing offenses that involve the sexual abuse of children. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department today announced that San Antonio-based tow company Vehicle Management Solutions, Inc. (VMS) will pay $280,000 to resolve allegations that the company…
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against Maine, Washington, Oregon, and Massachusetts challenging their unconstitutional policies denying confidential license plates to federal agents. This…
Continue ReadingPROVIDENCE, RI – A Massachusetts man who admitted to participating in a murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting a federal witness connected to a criminal matter before…
Continue ReadingA Woodburn, Oregon, man pleaded guilty yesterday for threatening to kill a United States Senator. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingJacksonville, Florida – Andy Robert Ardelean (35, Jacksonville) has been charged by indictment with using the internet to download and receive videos depicting young…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. — United States Attorney Bryan P. Stirling announced today that the District of South Carolina entered multiple settlements with defendants for more than…
Continue ReadingGerrell Eugene Lawrence, 30, of Columbia, Mo., was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 57 months’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –JAIRO YOEL MONTOYA-AMADOR (“MONTOYA-AMADOR”), age 21, a Honduran national, was charged in a two-count indictment on May 22, 2026, for assaulting a…
Continue ReadingA New Jersey man was found guilty by a jury for fraudulently obtaining more than $2.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and…
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, S.C. — Levi Phillip Miles, 48, of Goose Creek, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent…
Continue ReadingAMONDA MENDEZ, also known as “M-Dot” and “Dot,” 35, of Stamford, pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to a narcotics trafficking offense…
Continue ReadingAn Elmer, New Jersey, businessman yesterday admitted to income tax evasion, failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS, and fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck…
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Gerard Alexander Brimmer, 30, to over 12 years in prison for selling fentanyl while armed. Brimmer pleaded…
Continue ReadingToday, a North Carolina man was sentenced to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release for running a seven-year scheme where…
Continue ReadingSAIPAN, CNMI – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that on May 27, 2026,…
Continue ReadingFirst Assistant United States Attorney Brad D. Schimel of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that, on May 27, 2026, Jeremiah Tyler (22, of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Five individuals pleaded guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for…
Continue ReadingA husband and wife admitted to conspiring to promote prostitution in spas in New Jersey and New York. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe sentenced JULIO VALERIO-SENTENO (“VALERIO-SENTENO”), age 40, to time served after having pled guilty today…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Carlos Rivera-Smith, 38, of Reading, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States…
Continue ReadingFrank Gray, IV, 27, of Mexico, Mo., was sentenced in federal court to seven years’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a…
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