A convicted felon was sentenced today to an additional 15 months in prison for escaping from a halfway house, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
According to federal officials, Joseph Reid, 40, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count of escape from federal custody.
According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
On January 26, 2010, Reid was sentenced to 151 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. On September 17, 2019, Reid was transferred to the custody of the Toler House Residential Reentry Center, a halfway house located in Newark. On December 31, 2019, after failing to return to the Toler House on an approved day pass, Reid was charged with escape.
The additional 15 months in prison for which Reid was sentenced today will run consecutively to the remainder of his original sentence for drug distribution.