A Topsham resident, Christopher Tucker, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland to failing to surrender for service of sentence.
Court records indicate that Tucker, 34, had previously been released on conditions while awaiting sentencing for firearms offenses in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. After pleading guilty to those charges, he was sentenced to 75 months in prison during a hearing in September 2025. The court allowed him to remain out on release and self-surrender at a later date. However, Tucker did not report as ordered. He was later located and arrested by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) in Bath, Maine.
Tucker now faces up to 10 additional years in prison, which would be served consecutively to his previous 75-month sentence. He could also be fined up to $250,000 and face up to three years of supervised release. Sentencing will occur after the U.S. Probation Office completes a presentence investigative report. The final sentence will be determined by a federal district court judge who will consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The USMS conducted the investigation into Tucker’s failure to surrender.
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