Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Low

Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Low
Location Sumter County, Florida
Status Operational
Security class Low-security
Population 1,860
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Coleman Low is a low-security United States federal prison in Florida. It is part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Coleman) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FCC Coleman is located in central Florida approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando, 60 miles northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles south of Ocala.[1]

Notable incidents

In early 2000, federal investigators discovered that inmate Roy Ageloff was directing fraudulent activities from FCI Coleman. Ageloff, a former stockbroker, was convicted of money laundering in 1998 for masterminding a securities manipulation scheme in the 1990s which swindled thousands of investors out of millions of dollars. An investigation uncovered that Ageloff was continuing to give his co-conspirators, including his brother, instructions regarding the management, transfer, concealment and investment of proceeds from the scheme. Ageloff gave these instructions during prison visits, recorded telephone conversations, and through prison e-mail. Ageloff’s co-conspirators continued to receive criminal proceeds in the form of cash payments and checks. In August 2000, Ageloff pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges and was subsequently sentenced to 96 months in federal prison. Ageloff’s brother, Michael Ageloff, pleaded guilty to money laundering and received a 48-month sentence in 2009.[2][3]

Notable inmates (current and former)

Police corruption

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Justin Volpe 49477-053 Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2025. Former New York City Police officer; convicted in 1999 of torturing prisoner Abner Louima in the bathroom of the 70th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn, New York in 1997 in one of the most high-profile cases of police brutality in US history.[4]
Glenn Lewellen 45536-048 Serving an 18-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2027. Former Chicago Police officer; convicted in 2012 of drug trafficking conspiracy for supplying gang leader Saul Rodriguez with information about police investigations and testifying in court against a rival gang at Rodriguez's behest.[5][6]
Gregg Junnier 59088-019 Released from custody in February 2013; served 5 years. Former Atlanta Police officer; pleaded guilty in 2007 to civil rights violations in connection with the 2006 death of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston, who was shot by officers enforcing a search warrant they obtained based on false information.[7][8]

Other crimes

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Dylan Boyd 51770-056 Serving an 8-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2015. Member of the Raleigh jihad group; pleaded guilty in 2011 to terrorism conspiracy for plotting to attack the US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA; received a lesser sentence for cooperating with prosecutors; five others were also convicted.[9][10]
Michael Conahan 15009-067 Serving a 17-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2026. Former juvenile court judge involved in the Kids for Cash scandal; convicted of racketeering in 2011 of taking money from the developer of two for-profit prisons in return for sentencing juveniles to serve time in those prisons.[11]
Terry Flenory 32454-044 Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2032. Co-founder of the Black Mafia Family criminal organization; pleaded guilty in 2007 to leading a national drug trafficking operation based in Detroit, Michigan with his brother, Demetrius Flenory, who was also sentenced to 30 years.[12]
Justin Smith 60705-018 Serving a 12-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2027. Internet entrepreneur and music business executive; Sentenced in December 2014 for managing an international drug trafficking operation based in Orlando, Florida with six co-conspirators. The ring was indicted in May 2014 for 280 Kilograms of Methylone, a less potent analog of the popular club drug MDMA. The quantity in the indictment makes it the largest synthetic drug conviction in the history of the United States. His sentence is scheduled to begin on February 2, 2015 and he is not scheduled for release until 2027.[13]
Mark Weinberger 10609-027 Serving a 7-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2015. Former surgeon and international fugitive; pleaded guilty to health care fraud in 2010 for making $30 million by billing insurers for unnecessary, and sometimes nonexistent, surgeries; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[14][15][16][17]

See also


References

  1. ↑ "FCI Coleman Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ Edwards, Amy L. (July 23, 2009). "Money scheme adds to prison term". Orlando Sentinel.
  3. ↑ "Former Stockbroker Sentenced for Money Laundering". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  4. ↑ Joseph P. Fried (December 14, 1999). "VOLPE SENTENCED TO A 30-YEAR TERM IN LOUIMA TORTURE - New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Sweeney, Annie (February 1, 2012). "Ex-cop convicted of joining drug conspiracy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Chicago cop sentenced to 18 years in prison". Chicago Tribune. 20 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Atlanta officers get prison time for cover-up in deadly raid". CNN. 24 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "Three Former Atlanta Police Officers Sentenced to Prison in Fatal Shooting of Elderly Atlanta Woman". US Department of Justice.
  9. ↑ "North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  10. ↑ Dalesio, Emery P. (December 20, 2011). "Dylan And Zakariya Boyd, Brothers In Alleged NC Terror Ring, Face Sentencing". Huffington Post.
  11. ↑ Staff Report (September 9, 2011). "Former Luzerne judge Conahan sentenced to 17.5 years - News". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ "News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, Detroit News Releases, 09/12/08". Justice.gov. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  13. ↑ "News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, Mid Florida News Releases, 12/16/2014". Justice.gov. 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  14. ↑ Falconi, Marta (18 December 2009). "Mark Weinberger Found: American Doctor Accused Of Fraud Located In Italy On Mountain". Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "GUILTY PLEA IN HEALTH CARE BILLING FRAUD CASE". US Department of Justice. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  16. ↑ Grimm, Andy (October 13, 2012). "Sinus surgeon gets 7 years for insurance fraud". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "Mark Weinberger: Nose No Bounds". CNBC. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

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