United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maine
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Topsham Fugitive Sentenced for Failing to Surrender
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Topsham Fugitive Sentenced for Failing to Surrender
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Christopher Tucker had been ordered to report to the Bureau of Prisons
PORTLAND, Maine: A Topsham man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for failing to surrender for service of a sentence imposed in a prior case.
Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Christopher Tucker, 34, to 37 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Tucker pleaded guilty on February 17, 2026.
According to court records, at a September 2025 hearing in U.S. District Court in Maine, Tucker was sentenced to a term of 75 months in prison for firearms offenses. Tucker was permitted to remain out on release and to self-surrender to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at a later date but he failed to surrender as ordered. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) subsequently located and arrested Tucker in Bath.
Tucker's sentence will be served consecutively to the 75-month sentence imposed in the firearms case.
The USMS investigated the case.
Contact
Peter I. Brostowin, Assistant U.S. Attorney, (207) 780-3257
Updated June 16, 2026
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