FCI Danbury Inmate Charged with Possessing a Weapon

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging JOHN FAUCHER, 40, with possession of contraband in a federal prison.

The indictment alleges that, on March 12, 2018, FAUCHER, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury (FCI Danbury), possessed a weapon or an object designed or intended to be used as a weapon.

If convicted of the charge, FAUCHER faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of up to $250,000. 

U.S. Attorney Durham stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt.  Charges are only allegations, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia E. King.