by Shaw, Bransford & Roth, P.C.
March 11, 2010
The warden of a federal prison in Adelanto, California, was indicted last week on federal charges for allegedly lying to federal investigators and allegedly disclosing confidential information related to ongoing criminal investigations. Scott A. Holencik, 45, the warden at the United States Bureau of Prisons facility called the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI II Medium) - Victorville, was named in a six-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury. FCI II Victorville is a medium-security facility that houses approximately 1,500 federal prisoners, and is located approximately 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The indictment accuses Holencik of lying to special agents of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, when he was interviewed in November 2009 in connection with an investigation into Internet postings that disclosed confidential government information. The indictment charges Holencik with two felony counts of making false statements when he denied making posts to www.prisonofficer.org. Holencik allegedly made multiple posts to the website that contained sensitive information concerning criminal investigations at the prison.
Holencik was also indicted on four misdemeanor counts of disclosing confidential government information. These counts allege that Holencik disclosed confidential government information concerning a Bureau of Prisons employee who was suspected of being involved with an inmate gambling scheme, as well as facts related to a homicide that occurred at the prison in August 2009.
Holencik will be summoned to appear for an arraignment in United States District Court in Riverside on April 21st. If convicted of the five counts in the indictment, he faces a statutory maximum sentence of 14 years in federal prison.
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