Four Inmates Escape From Federal Prison In Virginia

A search was under way for four inmates who escaped from a federal prison in Virginia Saturday, June 18, officials said.

Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite campus
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Cecilia Levine

06/18/2022 12:37 p.m.

Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw went missing from the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp in Hopewell around 1:45 a.m., the FBI of Prisons said in a news release.

Branch, 41, was serving more than 13 years for intent to distribute fentanyl and firearm possession.
Graham, 44, was serving a decade for intent to distribute 500g of cocaine and similar offenses, along with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Willis, 30, was serving 18 years for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Shaw, 46, was serving more than 16 years for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a measurable quantity of heroin.

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