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ERIE, Pa. – An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of escape after conviction, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
The one-count Indictment named Julian P. Villar, Jr., 55, as the sole defendant.
According to the Indictment presented to the court, in and around July 2019, Villar failed to report to the satellite camp at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania after being furloughed from the Milan Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan on July 9, 2019. Villar was incarcerated at FCI Milan as the result of a conviction for distribution of heroin in the Northern District of Illinois.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 5 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The United States Marshal Service and officers of the Federal Bureau of Prisons conducted the investigation leading to the Indictment in this case.
An indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.