Allenwood inmate sentenced to 21 months for possessing contraband razor blade
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – A federal inmate at FCI Allenwood has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after being caught with a makeshift weapon during a random search, prosecutors announced. Eric…
Federal Inmate and Texas Woman Indicted for Attempt to Smuggle Drugs into Prison by Labeling Packages as “Legal Mail”
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Anthony Minor, 34, an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, and Tilisha Morrison, 33, of Irving, Texas, charging them…
Federal Prison Inmate Charged with Attempting to Obtain Contraband
MINNEAPOLIS – An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI”) in Sandstone has been indicted for attempting to obtain contraband in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents,…
Inmate In Federal Prison Indicted For Murdering His Cellmate
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Romeo Lopez-Hernandez (37, Coleman) with the first-degree premeditated murder of his cellmate while…
Former Valdosta State Prison Supervisory Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Felony for Attempted Cover-Up of Assault on Inmate
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A former supervisory correctional officer at Valdosta State Prison pleaded guilty today in federal court for attempting to conceal an assault on an inmate. Geary Staten, 31, pleaded guilty…
Federal Inmate Charged With Possessing A Weapon
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Hubert Carter, age 41, a federal prison inmate, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for possessing…
Inmate Stabbed and Killed at Prince George’s County Jail
UPPER MARLBORO, MD – Police today reported that an inmate lodged in the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections on Dille Drive in Upper Marlboro was stabbed and killed on Monday by…
Former Federal Inmate Sentenced to 114 Months for Assaulting Federal Officer
RALEIGH, N.C. – An Arizona man was sentenced on Tuesday to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina (“FMC Butner”). According to court…
New Jersey Democrats to Erase “Illegal Alien” and “Inmate” from All State Law Texts
TRENTON, NJ – Democrats in New Jersey are seeking to remove what they are calling dehumanizing, insensitive and outdated terms from the state’s laws. On Monday, Democrats advanced a bill that would…
Corrections Officer, Inmate Charged in Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Inside Stillwater Prison
MINNEAPOLIS – A Stillwater corrections officer and an inmate have been indicted for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution organization within the Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF)-Stillwater, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.…
Escaped Inmate at Large Arrested
San Antonio, TX – Lance Stephens was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) this evening on charges involving escape from a county jail and felon in…
Inmate Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud
FRESNO, Calif. — Sholanda Thomas, 38, an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges for submitting fraudulent unemployment insurance…
Former Inmate Admits Distributing Fentanyl At Santa Rita Jail That Killed Fellow Inmate
OAKLAND – Kameron Patricia Reid pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Santa Rita Jail inmate, announced United States Attorney…
Former Prison Inmate from Georgia Sentenced for Defrauding Victims Out of Over $9,700
SHREVEPORT, La. – Andre Deaveon Reese, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 33 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised…
Inmate Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Escape From Federal Prison
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal inmate pled guilty on Thursday to attempting to escape from the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina (“FCI Butner”). According to court documents, Charles Asher, 62,…
Escaped Missouri inmate captured, two others remain on the run
(Reuters) – One of three inmates who escaped a Missouri jail last week by cutting holes in the plaster ceiling of their cells has been captured nearly 1,000 miles (1,610 km) away…
Federal Inmate Charged With Assault With A Dangerous Weapon
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 7, 2022, Richard Anthony Trent, age 43, a federal prison inmate, was indicted by a federal…
Federal Inmate Charged with Murder at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today, charging a federal inmate with first degree murder. According to court documents, on January 12, 2019, Lawrence Taylor, 41, was an…
Jail Worker Charged for Offense Against Inmate
Annapolis, MD – Joseph Oluwafemi Osiberu, 41, of Upper Marlboro, has been arrested for sexually assaulting an inmate at the Jennifer Road Detention Center. According to police, on June 5, 2022, at…
Toms River Man Among 6 Officers Charged in Assault on Juvenile Inmate
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has filed criminal charges against six Garden State Youth Correctional Facility officers including three from Ocean County who participated in an event against…
Mother Of Inmate Sentenced For Facilitating Smuggling Of Cellphones Into Dauphin County Prison
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Aida Rosado, age 62, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 1, 2022, to two years of…
Mother Of Inmate Sentenced For Facilitating Smuggling Of Cellphones Into Dauphin County Prison
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Aida Rosado, age 62, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 1, 2022, to two years of…
District Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison For Killing Man in Northeast Washington and Stabbing Inmate at Jail
WASHINGTON – Tavon Davis, 27, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for fatally beating a man in June 2017 and, in…
Federal inmate and Alabama correctional officer sentenced for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into federal prison
ATLANTA – Julius Stoudemire and Jennifer Deramus have each been sentenced after their convictions for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into United States Penitentiary Atlanta (“USP Atlanta”), a federal prison. “Introducing contraband into…
Federal Transfer Center Inmate Indicted for Possession of Suboxone with Intent to Distribute
OKLAHOMA CITY – OSHAY JONES, 30, of Virginia, was indicted earlier this week by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City with possession of buprenorphine (Suboxone) with intent to distribute, while an…
Inmate admits to threat charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Shawn L. Price, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer, has admitted to a threat charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Price, 42, pleaded guilty today to…
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