USP McCreary Inmate Sentenced to 230 Months for Attempted Murder
Mufid Elfgeeh, 42, was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing his cellmate at a federal prison in Kentucky.
2 reports on this incident · first at Sep 2, 2026, 9:26 a.m. ET
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USP McCreary Inmate Sentenced for Attempted Murder
LONDON, Ky. – Mufid Elfgeeh, 42, was sentenced on Sept. 2, 2026, to 230 months in federal prison for attempted murder, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier.
Elfgeeh was serving a 270-month sentence for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization when staff at United States Penitentiary McCreary observed him stabbing his cellmate. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Elfgeeh was upset that the Bureau of Prisons had not complied with his request for a private cell. He used an improvised weapon to stab his cellmate dozens of times, ignoring verbal commands to stop. The attack continued through three uses of OC spray, OC vapor grenades, multiple foam/rubber baton rounds, pepper balls, and hornet nest munitions. Staff in protective gear eventually breached the cell, restrained Elfgeeh, and removed the weapon.
A jury convicted Elfgeeh of attempted murder on April 29, 2026, following a two-day trial. The announcement was made jointly by Jason Parman, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Olivia Olson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Louisville Field Office. The FBI investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Pearce Nesbitt prosecuted it.
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