Has Extensive Criminal History Including Six Violent Offenses
A man who escaped from a halfway house he was in while finishing his federal prison term was sentenced April 29, 2019, to more than a year in federal prison.
Jermaine Roberts, age 44, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an Oct. 20, 2018 guilty plea to escape from custody.
Evidence at sentencing showed that Roberts was in a halfway house finishing a federal prison sentence following his prior convictions for mail and wire fraud. Roberts left the halfway house, but failed to return when he was supposed to. The police located Roberts after receiving a call reporting that Roberts said there was going to be a shooting, warning a citizen to go into his home. When police arrived on scene, Roberts claimed to have a gun and ran from the officers. After a foot-chase, officers arrested him. Roberts stated that he had a gun and officers were going to have to find it. Officers searched the area and Roberts, but did not find a gun.
The sentencing judge noted that Robert’s criminal history included 29 adult convictions, including six violent crimes.
Roberts was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Roberts was sentenced to 12 months’ and one day of imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Roberts is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Emily K. Nydle and investigated by the United States Marshals Service and the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 18-CR-00087.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
