Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Yesterday, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida man who was the Vice President of a testing laboratory and…
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced, today, a Maryland man is facing indictment in connection with a gift-card scheme. Sharieff Tate Pierre,…
Continue ReadingA 42-year-old woman has been ordered to federal prison for her role in a multimillion-dollar pandemic loan fraud conspiracy Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingAMEER NASIR, 25, of Trumbull, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment and three…
Continue ReadingCLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A Clarksburg man with a long record of prior convictions will serve 33 months in federal prison after admitting to…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced the conviction by jury of JONATHAN SPALLETTA, a/k/a “Cthulhon,” a/k/a “Jspalletta,”…
Continue ReadingThe United States has filed a civil fraud lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade against importer Uni-Tile & Marble Inc., and…
Continue ReadingA 35-year-old Honduran national who illegally resided in Houston has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to transport illegal aliens Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Scott E. Bradford announced the continued work of the District of Oregon’s Government Fraud Task Force, bringing together federal law enforcement…
Continue ReadingBAY CITY – Nikolas Clark, 22, of Freeland, Michigan, was arraigned today on an indictment that charges him with attempted sexual exploitation of children…
Continue ReadingJacksonville, Florida – Farid Alberto Morales Araya (40, Costa Rica) and Jose Franklin Cuesta (44, Colombia) have been charged by an indictment with conspiracy to…
Continue ReadingSCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jonny Contreras, age 36, of Pike County, Pennsylvania, was…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Larry Dempsey, 53, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 120 months and one day…
Continue ReadingSpokane, Washington – First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on October 5, 2026, United States District Judge Rebecca L. Pennell sentenced…
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE – On September 29, 2026, United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced Anthony Smith, 54, of Pensacola, Florida, to 72 months in…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) yesterday filed motions for summary judgment in four cases defending challenges to a rule rescinding…
Continue ReadingMUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Steven Ray Quigley, a/k/a Steven Woods, age 39,…
Continue ReadingAuthorities have arrested 19 people following a long-term investigation into an alleged drug trafficking organization operating in Alice Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingBOSTON – Prefere Melamines LLC (Prefere), a company headquartered in Springfield, Mass., has agreed to pay $1,247,744 to resolve allegations that it violated the…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – TYRON RAINEY (“RAINEY”) (36 years old) from Thibodaux, La. was sentenced on October 1, 2026 to serve a total of 180…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Starkville, Mississippi, man convicted of Possession of…
Continue ReadingTallahassee, Florida – Maria Ysabel Mendoza, 34, of Ontario, California, and Daniel Lomeli Hernandez, 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada, were each sentenced to 30…
Continue ReadingA federal jury convicted Charles Arellano, of El Paso, for three counts related to fentanyl trafficking Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingMental health counselor Christopher Neal Mishik, 36, of Herndon, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for exploiting children online. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingMUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Travon Maurice Lawrence, age 21, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma,…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, United States District Court, has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota,…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court has sentenced a Sioux Falls, SD, man convicted of…
Continue ReadingA federal jury has convicted a Lubbock woman of transporting an illegal alien through South Texas, while her mother previously pleaded guilty to the…
Continue ReadingYakima, Washington — First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on September 30, 2026, Hugo Enrique Davadi (a/k/a “Flako”), age 38, was…
Continue ReadingTallahassee, Florida – Marlo G. Davis, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base,…
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