Convicted Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Escaping Halfway House

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Dyshawn Fisher, age 29, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to escaping from the Horizon House Residential Reentry Center on October 1, 2024.   United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and David L. McNulty, United States Marshal for the Northern District of New York, made the announcement.

Fisher admitted that on November 25, 2020, he was sentenced in federal court to 75 months in prison following his conviction by guilty plea to numerous felonies, including possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.  On October 10, 2023, while serving that sentence, Fisher was transferred by the Bureau of Prisons to the Horizon House in Albany.  On October 1, 2024, Fisher left the Horizon House without the approval that he knew he needed and remained at large in the community until October 17, 2024, when he was arrested in Cohoes, New York. 

Fisher is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Anne M. Nardacci on April 2, 2025.  He faces a maximum term of 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of up to 3 years.  A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

The United States Marshals Service is investigating the case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin S. Clark is prosecuting the case.