Nashville Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Federal Prison for Assault Committed as an Escaped Federal Inmate

NASHVILLE -- Marchello Shobe, who committed a violent assault after escaping from a federal facility, was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for his actions, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis.

Shobe, 42 of Nashville, Tennessee, had previously been convicted of violent felonies. He was sentenced to ten years in federal prison in 2011 for throwing a Molotov cocktail at an ex-girlfriend.

In March of 2021, Shobe arrived at a halfway house maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and designed to help inmates transition back to civilian life from a prison setting. He escaped from the halfway house barely a month after arriving there. The day after he escaped, on April 21, 2021, Shobe violently assaulted a Nashville woman in a business parking lot in Nashville. Further investigation revealed that he had previously exchanged letters with the woman while he was in prison.

Shobe was later indicted by a federal grand jury and convicted of Escape. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson sentenced Shobe to 32 months in federal prison and ordered that this sentence be served consecutively to the prior sentence Shobe received for assaulting the woman while on escape status. Shobe was also sentenced to three years of supervised release to follow his prison sentence.

“This defendant has a long history of violence,” said United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. “Today’s sentence holds him accountable for his actions and should send a message that those who escape from federal custody will be prosecuted to the fullest extent under the law.”

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire prosecuted the case for the United States.

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