Federal Inmate Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Threatening Federal Court Employee in Massachusetts

BOSTON - A federal inmate was sentenced on Nov. 3, 2026 in federal court in Boston for sending several threatening letters to an employee at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse.

Devin James Melycher, 34, was sentenced byU.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In May 2026, Melycher pleaded guilty to three counts of mailing threatening communications. Melycher was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2024.

Melycher is a federal inmate who has been in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons since 2023. On three separate occasions: Dec. 16, 2022; Jan. 3, 2023; and Jan. 12, 2023, Melycher sent letters addressed to a U.S. official at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston threatening to injure the victim employee.

United States Attorney Leah B Foley and Acting U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts Dennis Matulewicz made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney's Luke A. Goldworm and Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.