Federal Inmate Gets Two More Months in Prison for Possessing Contraband

Erie, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 2 months in jail on his conviction of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

United States District Court Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Ranard Lamar Mitchell, 23.  The sentence was imposed to run consecutively to the sentence Mitchell is currently serving.

According to the information presented to the court, on or about November 4, 2014, Mitchell was in possession of contraband, namely a quantity of marijuana and a cell phone.
 
Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

U.S. Attorney Hickton commended Officers of the McKean Federal Correctional Institution for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Mitchell.