Matthew Banfield, 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced February 2, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for escape from custody.

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Matthew Banfield, 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced February 2, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for escape from custody. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Banfield to 12 months’ and one day imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Banfield’s release from prison, he will begin a 2-year term of supervised release.

Banfield was sentenced to serve 37 months with a 3-year term of supervised release following his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Banfield was in custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) residing at Dismas Charities in Omaha, which is a Federal Residential Reentry Center (RRC). On June 13, 2023, Banfield left Dismas Charities and failed to return as required. Banfield was placed in escape status until he was located and arrested on a warrant in August 2023. Because Banfield was in the custody of the BOP at the time he left the RRC, his failing to return to the RRC was an escape from BOP custody. 

This case was investigated by the United States Marshal Service.