United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has announced the sentencing of Ray Rosalez, a resident of Worthington, Minnesota, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schrier for escaping from custody. The sentence was handed down on January 13, 2025.

Rosalez, aged 41, received a sentence of 17 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

In February 2024, Rosalez was indicted for escape from custody by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty in November 2024.

Previously, in November 2022, Rosalez had been convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and sentenced to four years and three months in custody. On January 28, 2024, while under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at a residential reentry center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he left without permission. He was arrested on May 30, 2024, by members of the Sioux Falls Police Department Violent Crimes Unit.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service with Assistant U.S. Attorney Beau J. Blouin leading the prosecution.

Following his sentencing, Rosalez was immediately placed back into federal custody.