Inmate to Serve Another 6 Months 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 six months in jail on his conviction of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Joseph Grant Barnhart, 40. The sentence was imposed to run consecutively to the sentence Barnhart is currently serving.

According to information presented to the court, on or about October 31, 2017, Barnhart was in possession of contraband, namely a quantity of buprenorphine while an inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution.

Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Brady commended officers of the McKean Federal Correctional Institution for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Barnhart.