Todd Holloway, Racketeering, Maryland 2023

Greenbelt, Maryland – In a shocking case of corruption within the Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup (MCIJ), Todd Holloway, a 36-year-old inmate, has been sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, consecutive to the state sentence he is currently serving, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy charge.

Holloway was found guilty of participating in a scheme to smuggle contraband, including narcotics, unauthorized flash drives, tobacco, and cell phones, into the prison.

According to court documents, Holloway conspired with individuals outside the facility who obtained and packaged contraband, including Suboxone Strips, K2, and tobacco, met with employees, and managed the proceeds of contraband sales for Holloway.

The contraband was brought into MCIJ by exterminator Ricky McNeely in exchange for bribe payments. On June 10, 2017, McNeely met with a facilitator co-conspirator to obtain a bribe payment and contraband, which McNeely subsequently brought into MCIJ and provided to Holloway.

On June 19, 2017, McNeely brought Suboxone, K2, and tobacco, into MCIJ. While McNeely was in the library attempting to plant the contraband, a correctional officer saw McNeely dropping K2. A subsequent search revealed 215 Suboxone strips, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine base, and K2, all of which was intended to be delivered to Holloway and other co-conspirators.

Additionally, another inmate, Irving Hernandez, age 27, pleaded guilty to the same charge yesterday.

The sentence and guilty plea were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; and Secretary Robert L. Green, of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/inmate-sentenced-over-four-years-federal-prison-and-second-inmate-pleads-guilty