Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Mathieu G. Zahui, 59, the Director of Financial Management for the United States African Development Foundation was charged today by criminal Information for accepting…
Continue ReadingVALDOSTA, Ga. – A South Georgia man with prior assault and drug convictions was sentenced to prison after police found him with a stolen…
Continue ReadingBrad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 29, 2026, Dr. Calvin Eriksen (age: 47) of…
Continue ReadingEight defendants have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingDexter L. Sharper, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, was charged today with making false statements to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE — Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal…
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Moore Capito is commending federal, state, and local law enforcement partners after “Operation Country Roads,” a 15-day enforcement…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON – A complaint unsealed this morning in U.S. District Court charges Brandon Postow, 40, of Maryland, with distribution of child pornography, announced U.S.…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Peabody man has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining over $100,000 in coronavirus relief funds. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Springfield, Mass. man was sentenced yesterday to a decade in federal prison for conspiring to possess more than 400 grams of…
Continue ReadingTrevor Clayton Morgan, 34, of Fairfield, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, FLORIDA – David A. Girard, 70, of Robertsdale, Alabama, has been indicted in federal court on charges of Attempted Enticement of a Minor and…
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Xavier Booker, 38, of New York City, pleaded guilty on Thursday, January 29, 2026, to aiding and abetting a false statement…
Continue ReadingDETROIT – Four Detroit-area residents, including a sitting judge and a local attorney, were charged for their roles in a years-long scheme to embezzle…
Continue ReadingA 50-year-old resident of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to conspiring to import four kilograms of fentanyl and…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today published over 3 million additional pages responsive to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into…
Continue ReadingThe investigation, led by the FBI and Chicago Police Department, utilized covert surveillance, undercover drug purchases, and wiretapped communications. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that five foreign nationals convicted separately of illegally reentering the United States after prior deportations were…
Continue ReadingThe Director of Financial Management of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) was charged today by criminal information and has agreed to plead…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingOn Jan. 27, U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced an Upton man to 30 months’ imprisonment with two years of supervised release…
Continue ReadingA former IT Professional was sentenced today for possessing and attempting to obtain child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. – A federal jury convicted a Rocky Mount man on three counts of Interstate phone calls in a Murder-for-Hire scheme.According to court…
Continue ReadingA Florida man pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting bribes and facilitating the laundering of more than $5.5 million to Colombia while employed by TD…
Continue ReadingMARC ANTHONY ALEXANDER, 45, of formerly of Milford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to fraud and…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Florida man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug possession and distribution charges. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingAdam Muhammad, 40, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday for assaulting his ex-romantic partner with a knife and unlawfully possessing a firearm, announced U.S.…
Continue ReadingA federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas business owner with allegedly defrauding her clients by failing to make tax…
Continue ReadingPatrick Neistat pleaded guilty in October to one count of receipt of child pornography. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DEVIN HUTTON (“HUTTON”), of Kenner, Louisiana, was indicted on January 29, 2026, for theft of mail, in violation of Title…
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