Omaha Man Sentenced for Escaping Federal Custody

Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen announced that Troy D. Murphy, 34, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 16, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for escaping from federal custody.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Murphy to 15 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Murphy’s release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

On October 12, 2021, Troy Murphy was sentenced to 77 months’ incarceration resulting from his convictions for transferring a firearm to a prohibited person and for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. As part of his term of incarceration, he was placed at Dismas Charities in Omaha. Although it is a non-secure facility, he still needed authorization to leave.

On October 11, 2024, Dismas employees discovered that Murphy escaped by leaving the facility without authorization. Security camera footage showed him leaving at 10:02 p.m. Murphy’s whereabouts remained unknown until October 30, 2024.  The United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force arrested Murphy at his mother’s residence in Omaha. He surrendered without incident.

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service.