Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Repeat Offender Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison forDistributing Methamphetamine in the Lakes Region CONCORD – A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal…
Continue ReadingHUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A federal grand jury in Huntsville has charged a man with assaulting a corrections officer, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. A…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Scott D. Oranje, 52, of Mary Ester, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with possession with intent to distribute…
Continue ReadingBrad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 29, 2026, Todd E. Grimm (age: 57) of Menasha,…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Brandon Chanell Joyner, 29, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. – Efrain Pacheco-Ovalles, 30, of Culiacan, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced on Jan. 29, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Angela M. Martinez to…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – GILBERT DARBY (“DARBY”), age 48, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted on January 30, 2026, for assaulting a federal…
Continue ReadingNEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced a Raleigh man to one year and a day for importing and selling thousands of counterfeit…
Continue ReadingRyan Wesley Routh, 59, was sentenced to life plus 84 months in federal prison for the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A citizen of Nicaragua illegally residing in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS- A federal jury has found Deontai Williams, 33, of Indianapolis, guilty of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, illegally possessing eight firearms while…
Continue ReadingJacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the unsealing of a three-count indictment charging 11 individuals for their alleged roles in federal conspiracies…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On January 28, 2026, United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón sentenced two individuals to multiple years in…
Continue ReadingPlymouth Woman Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prisonfor Distributing Over Seven Pounds of Methamphetamine CONCORD – Jessica Olena, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District…
Continue ReadingHarlyn Cody Geronimo and Raymond Shaun Chee are facing federal charges in connection with a unprovoked assault. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingA U.S. District Court Judge convicted James Dion Palmer, 56, yesterday on two counts of failing to register as a sex offender. Source: U.S.…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – An Ohio man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts in connection with multiple sales of firearms transported from…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Michael Scott Hillwig, 59, of Camden, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false use…
Continue ReadingMorris Anthony Campbell, who previously served a 46-month federal prison sentence for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and was on supervised release, will…
Continue ReadingGerrell Eugene Lawrence, 30, Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of a firearm after a prior felony conviction. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Kurt Wall announced the sentencing of Michael D. Nelson, age 56 of Independence, Louisiana, in connection with an extensive federal, state,…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on February 3, 2026, to charges of violating federal firearms and…
Continue ReadingTyrell West, 30, of Bowie, MD, was indicted by a D.C. Superior Court grand jury on three counts stemming from a November 2025 assault on…
Continue ReadingMatthew David Charley pleaded guilty in federal court to a violent assault in which he stabbed a victim three times in the back without…
Continue ReadingTucson, Ariz. – Deeno Roberto Jackson, 27, of Jamaica, was sentenced on Jan. 28, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 27 months…
Continue ReadingRyan Wesley Routh, 59, was sentenced today to life plus 84 months in federal prison for the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald J.…
Continue ReadingFrancisco Javier Diaz, of Houston, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiring to transport illegal aliens in his commercial semitruck Source:…
Continue ReadingMichael Scott, 34, of Washington, D.C., was indicted by a D.C. Superior Court grand jury on four counts related stemming from an October 2025 assault…
Continue ReadingA federal jury convicted Warith Deen Muhammad, 39, of McLean, on charges of wire fraud and violating the Travel Act relating to a precious…
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Iowa – A Rock Island man was sentenced on January 28, 2026, to seven years in federal prison for false statements during purchases…
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