ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A convicted sex offender was sentenced today to one year in prison for escaping from federal custody.
Theodore Wells, 59, formerly of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to federal escape on Aug. 15, 2016. According to court documents, Wells was convicted in October 2013 of failing to register as a sex offender and was designated to a federal prison in New Jersey. In January 2016 Wells was nearing the completion of his prison sentence and the Bureau of Prisons permitted him to travel unescorted to a residential reentry center in Baltimore, Maryland. Wells, however, never arrived and was subsequently arrested at a public library in Fairfax.
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Robert Mathieson, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander P. Berrang prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information is located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:16-cr-155.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
