Trashad Laron Roberts, Escape from Halfway House, Florida 2025

Tallahassee, Florida – A Marianna man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for escape from a halfway house. Trashad Laron Roberts, 35, was found guilty of escape after leaving the residential reentry center in Tallahassee without authorization on September 2, 2025. The defendant was scheduled to serve the final year of his prison term at the center.

According to court records, Roberts was convicted of possession and distribution of methamphetamine in the Northern District of Florida in September 2020. He was required to serve four years on supervised release following his multi-year federal prison sentence.

Roberts will be required to serve the remainder of his first sentence consecutive to the sentence handed down in the escape case. He will then serve four years on supervised release.

U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin stated, “The terms of supervision at a residential reentry center are not suggestions, they are mandatory conditions of an inmate’s prison sentence that are designed to keep our communities safe. This defendant willfully disregarded the restrictions placed upon him that were part of his prior sentence, and now he will spend even longer in prison. The safety of our communities is not negotiable, and my office will aggressively prosecute offenders like this defendant who threaten that safety.”

The Bureau of Prisons utilizes Residential Reentry Centers, also known as halfway houses, in its network of confinement facilities. The Centers are designed to help federal prisoners transition back into society by providing a safe, structured environment with supervision and support services, such as employment.

The United States Marshals Service and the Tallahassee Police Department investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph A. Ravelo and Meredith L. Steer prosecuted the case.

Roberts will be required to serve his prison sentence, followed by four years on supervised release. His actions have put him at odds with the law and will result in a longer prison term. The safety of our communities is not negotiable, and offenders who threaten that safety will be aggressively prosecuted.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/marianna-man-sentenced-escaping-halfway-house