Inmate Serving Time for Assaulting Federal Officers Sentenced to Serve Additional 46 Months in Prison for Threatening Federal Officer

OKLAHOMA CITY – COREY JONES, 48, of New York, has been sentenced to serve an additional 46 months in federal prison for threatening a federal law enforcement officer at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

According to public records, on March 25, 2025, Jones, an inmate at the FTC, threatened to stab and murder an FTC prison guard. At the time, Jones was in federal custody for assaulting federal officers in both the Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of Illinois.

On April 16, 2025, a federal grand jury charged Jones with threatening a federal law enforcement officer. Jones pleaded guilty on September 4, 2025, and admitted he threatened to assault and murder a federal law enforcement officer by stabbing him to death.

At the sentencing hearing on February 18, 2026, U.S. District Judge Jodi W. Dishman sentenced Jones to serve 46 months in federal prison, to run consecutively to his existing prison terms. In announcing her sentence, Judge Dishman noted Jones’s pattern of criminal behavior while incarcerated, including the two prior assaults against federal officers and multiple custodial infractions. Judge Dishman emphasized the need to protect the public from further crimes by Jones.

This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Special Investigative Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale prosecuted the case.

Reference is made to public filings for additional information.