Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Ugandan national Michael Katungi Mpweire, 45, made an initial appearance in federal court to face cocaine and firearms trafficking charges following his extradition to…
Continue ReadingFAYETTEVILLE – A previously convicted drug trafficker was sentenced on October 7, 2026, to 270 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole…
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI – U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II announced today that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the convictions and lifetime prison…
Continue ReadingROMEO BLACKMAN committed four murders and three attempted murders while leading the Goonie Boss/Goonie Gang. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingA federal grand jury indicted Melayna Whatley and Gabriela Ortis for allegedly helping three inmates, including a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, escape from…
Continue ReadingOrlando, Florida – Khayyam Arif Oglu Farajov (40), an Azerbaijani national, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering…
Continue ReadingSeattle – A 54-year-old former attorney was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for wire fraud for…
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that yesterday a federal jury found Alejandro Rojas Garcia, 65, a Mexican national in the…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Dominican authorities extradited Patricia Joanna Almonte-Frías and her partner Rineldys Feliciano Díaz-Cuevas to the United States to face cyberstalking…
Continue Reading"Defendant’s conduct was serious and borne of greed,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kartik K. Raman. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingNEW BERN, N.C – A federal judge sentenced Cyril Domaquik Clemens, 72, a Liberian native, to time served, for naturalization fraud on September 17,…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice today announced updated emergency scheduling actions targeting 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and three potent opioid substances related to 7-OH: mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MGPI),…
Continue ReadingLouisville, KY – An indictment was returned by a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 7, 2026, charging a Canadian Citizen living in…
Continue ReadingPatrick H. Perea has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of fraudulent voting. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingPrasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –RALPH PRICE (“PRICE”), age 29, was sentenced on October 8, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to 15 years…
Continue ReadingA New Mexico man who was caught with over 300 grams of methamphetamine and a loaded Glock pistol after leading multiple West Texas law…
Continue ReadingAmanda Leigh Fourez, of Catlin, Illinois, was sentenced to 31 months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with her involvement…
Continue ReadingGainesville, Florida – Denzel Dyshaun Flagg, 27, of Gainesville, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of Hobbs Act Robbery. The plea was…
Continue ReadingLouisville, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment on October 7, 2026, charging a Louisville man with escape from…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS – NICHOLAS JOHN ENGOLIA II, (“ENGOLIA”), age 32, pleaded guilty on October 8, 2026 before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to attempted transfer of…
Continue ReadingJohn Valentin, 49, of New York, was sentenced to six years in prison for possession with intent to distribute 4.5 kilos of cocaine. Source:…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Worcester man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly distributing fentanyl and dealing in firearms without a license.…
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on October 6, 2026, Paul Conneh, 39, of Moncton, New…
Continue ReadingEarlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Frantzson Saintilien was convicted on all 18 counts of an indictment charging him with preparing false tax…
Continue ReadingIGNACIN RAMOS allegedly aimed the beam of a laser pointer at a CPD helicopter. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Iowa – A Davenport man was sentenced on October 8, 2026, to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit…
Continue ReadingTampa, Florida – Jonathan Edward Veselka (45, Arizona) was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John L. Badalamenti to 27 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime…
Continue ReadingCOVINGTON, Ky. – Two men, Ryan Cooley, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Nicholas Sturgill, of Villa Hills, Ky., were sentenced on Thursday to prison terms of…
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