Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Oleg Korniev, 42, a dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia, pleaded guilty today to running a sophisticated international money laundering organization that laundered millions…
Continue ReadingMUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Drake Ryan Allen, age 22, an Oklahoma resident,…
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Deon Dewayne Grundy, 29, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was sentenced on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, to two years and nine months…
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Matthew E. Orso sentenced William Stanley, 26, of Charlotte, to one-year of probation for impeding and disrupting…
Continue ReadingCONCORD – Hopkinton resident Joshua Gragg, 39, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury as a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, U.S.…
Continue ReadingU.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison sentenced Encarnacion Lara Gonzalez,49, to time served (approximately three days). Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingBOSTON – The Director of the City of Boston’s Municipal Protective Services has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to allegedly obtaining…
Continue ReadingA man who sexually exploited children, possessed child pornography, and possessed a stolen firearm was sentenced October 2, 2026, to 22 years in federal…
Continue ReadingAn Atlanta, Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that James M. Lajoie, 31, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography following…
Continue ReadingMarquise L. North, 32, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for robbing 14 convenience stores and attempting to rob another…
Continue ReadingCONCORD –Nashua resident Diego Gonzalez, 34, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with one count of Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials…
Continue ReadingA Grants Pass, Oregon, man pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a gun he stole in a burglary, announced U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford…
Continue ReadingMUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Colin Reece Neher, age 22, of Ardmore, Oklahoma,…
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man received a federal-prison term, today, for plotting the murder of woman, in a case of mistaken identity where…
Continue ReadingCONCORD – Kingston resident Kenton Juliano, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for seeking to influence a federal official by threat, U.S.…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Stephen Odiboh, 53, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was…
Continue ReadingCONCORD – Tuftonboro resident Justin Trudeau, 27, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more…
Continue ReadingEl Fiscal General de los Estados Unidos, Todd Blanche; el Fiscal Federal para el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, Jamie McDonald; el Administrador de…
Continue ReadingA Venezuelan national who trafficked cocaine, possessed firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking, and then arranged a methamphetamine deal while on bond has…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, D.C. — Amanda Leigh Fourez, of Catlin, Illinois, was sentenced today to 31 months in prison and three years of supervised release in…
Continue ReadingAssistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (the Fraud Division) today released Directive 26-13, outlining the Division’s…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. – Jacob Aaron Hicks, 46, of Tucson, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with Making an Interstate Threat to Injure.…
Continue ReadingMOBILE, AL – Two non-citizens were arrested and charged today with unlawfully voting in federal elections. Staciann Pollion Davis and Silvia Delgado Phelps appeared…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department announced that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros and former First Lady of Venezuela Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro have been…
Continue ReadingPrasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Exploitation of…
Continue ReadingST. PAUL – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that a federal jury in St. Paul convicted a Minnesota woman yesterday for executing…
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Christopher Charles Traxler, 32, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced to 120 months in…
Continue ReadingAttorney General of the United States, Todd Blanche, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Administrator of the Drug…
Continue ReadingStephan James Evanovich, 47, of Placerville, was sentenced today to six years and five months in prison for a conspiracy to transport stolen property…
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