Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Tavon Valentine Lee, 29, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison in connection with…
Continue ReadingA Hawaii husband and wife were sentenced yesterday to 16 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a nationwide tax…
Continue ReadingJoshua J. Klenke admitted uploading child sexual abuse material to Snapchat and kissing a 4-year-old. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A member of the Manchester Chapter of the Trinitarios has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for racketeering charges, including his…
Continue ReadingTampa, FL – Pulmonary Associates of Brandon, P.A. has agreed to pay $419,410 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting…
Continue ReadingMUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Vet Sentrel Colbert, age 44, of Atoka, Oklahoma,…
Continue ReadingA Huttonsville, West Virginia man will spend the next 87 months in prison for selling methamphetamine in Randolph County, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey…
Continue ReadingAndre Lawrence Shorts, 35, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of…
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. – An armed felon was sentenced to prison yesterday for possessing multiple firearms and for violating the terms of his supervised release…
Continue ReadingEAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Yesterday, an attorney who practiced in Bethalto appeared in federal court to face 15 federal charges for bank and…
Continue ReadingJOSE BARET, 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to 84 months of imprisonment and four years of…
Continue ReadingA federal grand jury in Wichita has returned an indictment charging a Peruvian national with multiple criminal offenses arising from allegedly voting in a…
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland – A Maryland man is headed to federal prison for firearm crimes. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Jerry Toliver, 37,…
Continue ReadingCONCORD – Matthew Schnell, 45, of Bellingham, Massachusetts was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe to 71 months…
Continue ReadingHONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Kennard Hinano Boyd Kekona, 58, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada, working with our partners in federal, state, and local law enforcement, are combining…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Guatemalan national who was unlawfully residing in Hudson, Mass. was sentenced in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United…
Continue ReadingJamarea Grant, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison in connection with a kickback scheme in which he and…
Continue ReadingBrad D. Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 4, 2026, Senior United States District…
Continue ReadingTampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Brandon “Dutch” Mendenhall (47, Brandon, Florida) and Amy Marie Smith…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Haneef Palmer, aka “Lew,” 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 121 months in prison,…
Continue ReadingAndrew Patrick, 38, of Washington, D.C., was convicted by a Superior Court jury yesterday of armed carjacking and possession of a firearm during a…
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Federal Fraud Restitution • DOJ Liens • Self-Surrender Planning Federal fraud defendants often learn too late that restitution, forfeiture, DOJ liens, frozen accounts, retirement…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice — through its Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Rhode Island — will…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DAVID VILLADARES-MONTOYA, a/k/a “Alex Montoya,” a/k/a “David Alexander” (“VILLADARES-MONTOYA “), age 39, a native of Honduras, was indicted on September 3,…
Continue ReadingSean Michael Hunt, 51, of San Francisco, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material.…
Continue ReadingA Missouri man pleaded guilty to criminal charges after making plans to engage in sex acts while chatting with an undercover federal agent posing…
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man is headed to federal prison for firearm and postal-service theft crimes. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander…
Continue ReadingST. PAUL – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Hudeife Muhamud Mire, aka “Juice,” 24, pleaded guilty to one count of…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Jaclyn D. Diiorio, aka “D,” 28, of Runnemede, New Jersey, was arrested and charged by…
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