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Indictment — United States v. Prather (Dkt. 1, E.D. Tenn.)

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This filing is an Indictment in United States of America v. Markell Dewayne Prather, Case 1:26-cr-00020-CEA-MJD (Document 1), in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga, filed February 24, 2026 under the name of United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III and signed by an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Count One charges that on or about January 26, 2026, in the Eastern District of Tennessee, Prather knowingly escaped from the custody of the Salvation Army Regional Rehabilitation Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was confined pursuant to a judgment of conviction in Case Number 3:17-cr-132, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 751.

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Filed February 24, 2026 in Markell Dewayne Prather; one of 1 filings from this case.

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Court	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Filed	2026-02-24

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“Indictment — United States v. Prather (Dkt. 1, E.D. Tenn.).” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, No. 1:26-cr-00020, Doc. 1, filed 2026-02-24. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-markell-dewayne-prather-tned-123205/2026-02-24-gov-uscourts-tned-123205-1-0-doc-1/, SHA-256 977f6e7cf99af2bacdd398c16553c0eca9196972498b3c86deb1dfedbc9bba83.

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                                         INDICTMENT

                                          COUNT ONE

       The Grand Jury charges that on or about January 26, 2026, in the Eastern District of

Tennessee, the defendant, MARKELL DEWAYNE PRATHER, did knowingly escape from the

custody of the Salvation Army Regional Rehabilitation Center, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee,

an institutional facility in which he was lawfully confined at the direction of the Attorney General

by virtue of a judgment of conviction by the United States District Court for the Eastern District

of Tennessee in Case Number 3:17-cr-132, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section

751.



                                              A TRUE BILL.




       Francis M. Hamilton III
       United States Attorney


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       Assistant U.S. Attorney




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