Ohio County man sentenced for escape

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Garrett Michael Carrigan, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for escaping federal custody, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Carrigan, age 33, pled guilty to one count of “Escape from Constructive Custody” in September 2019. Carrigan, who was incarcerated for a previous child pornography case in the Northern District of West Virginia, escaped when traveling from a federal institution to a residential reentry center in Clarksburg in February 2019.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshals Service investigated.

Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.