Woman sentenced after assaulting officer during courthouse escape attempt

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A woman convicted of assaulting a federal officer after attempting to escape custody at a federal courthouse received one year of probation.

Alyssa Sheldon, 30, was sentenced in federal court Friday after being convicted of “assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer.”

Prosecutors said Sheldon was taken into custody on May 17, 2022, following the execution of a search warrant. The next day she made an initial appearance at Buffalo’s federal courthouse, where she was ordered placed in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service…

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