Greenville Inmates Face New Charges

Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 23, 2015, Anthony Cunningham, 28, and Anthony Johnson, 25, were both indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Possession of Contraband by a Federal Inmate. Both Cunningham and Johnson were inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution located in Greenville, Illinois (FCI-Greenville), at the time the offenses were committed. Shelia Hatfield, 51, was also indicted on April 23, 2015, for Escape. Hatfield was an inmate at the Federal Prison Camp in Greenville, Illinois (FPC-Greenville), at the time she committed the charged offense.

If convicted, Cunningham, who is charged with possessing marihuana while at FCI-Greenville, faces a prison term of not more than five years, a fine up to $250,000, or both, and a term of supervised release of not more than three years.

Johnson, who is charged with possessing heroin while at FCI-Greenville, faces a prison term of not more than twenty years, a fine up to $250,000, or both, and a term of supervised release of not more than three years.

Hatfield, who is charged with escaping from FPC-Greenville, faces a prison term of five years, a fine up to $250,000, or both, and a term of supervised release of not more than three years.

Court dates for the three inmates have not yet been set.

An indictment is merely the method by which federal charges are lodged. A defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The cases were investigated by the Bureau of Prisons’ Special Investigation Section and are assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott.