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# Federal Stalking and Harassment Sentences in the District of Utah, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-stalking-harassing-sentences-district-of-utah/
- Published: 2026-11-04T10:37:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T10:37:52.000Z
- Description: In the District of Utah, 16 people were sentenced for stalking or harassing offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 12 (75%) received a prison term, with a median of 9.2 months, and 3 (19%) received probation only. The median prison term was lower than the 24 months for this offense type in all 94 di
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the District of Utah, 16 people were sentenced for stalking or harassing offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 12 (75%) received a prison term, with a median of 9.2 months, and 3 (19%) received probation only. The median prison term was lower than the 24 months for this offense type in all 94 districts.

Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025

This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 16 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/).

## Most Sentences Were Below the Guideline Range

Of the 16 people with guideline information, 75% (12) were sentenced below the range at the government's request. Another 6% (1) were sentenced below the range without a government request, 13% (2) were within the range, and 6% (1) were above it.

Within-range sentences were less common here than the 47% for this offense type in all districts, and less common than the 24% for all offenses in the District of Utah. Sentences below the range at the government's request made up most of this group.

## Prison Rates and Terms

The U.S. Sentencing Commission counted 16 people under the offense type "Stalking/Harassing." 12 (75%) were sent to prison and 3 (19%) received probation only. In all districts, 89% of the 2,263 people in this offense type were sent to prison.

Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 9.2 months. A quarter received 25.6 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less. A prison term of 0 months means the sentence did not include time in prison. The median for all offenses in the District of Utah was 30 months.

Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 1                | 51 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2018        | 2                | 28.1 months   | 2 of 2         |
| 2019        | 2                | 9.1 months    | 2 of 2         |
| 2020        | 2                | 5 months      | 2 of 2         |
| 2021        | 3                | 0 months      | 3 of 3         |
| 2022        | 1                | 15.9 months   | 1 of 1         |
| 2023        | 1                | n/a           | 1 of 1         |
| 2024        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2025        | 3                | 60 months     | 2 of 3         |

## The Only Trial

15 of 16 people (94%) pleaded guilty, and 1 was convicted after a trial. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 8.3 months. The person convicted after a trial received a prison term of 60 months.

One case cannot show how trial and plea sentences compare in general. The guilty plea rate was 92% in all districts and 99% for all offenses in the District of Utah.

Every guilty plea (100%) had a written plea agreement.

## Guidelines Used

The offense type is the Commission's category. The most common primary guideline was §2A6.1 (Threatening or Harassing Communications), with 10 people. The next was §2A6.2 (Stalking or Domestic Violence), with 5 people.

These cases were less than 1% of the 7,061 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025.

## Supervised Release, Fines, and Restitution

11 people (69%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 36 months. No fine was ordered for anyone. Restitution was ordered for 2 people (13%).

A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 16 people with that information recorded.

On criminal history, 47% were in the lowest category, category I, and 13% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## Year-by-Year Counts Are Small

There were 5 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 11 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. No year has more than 3 people. The yearly medians range from 0 months to 60 months, which reflects very small groups and not a pattern.

Fiscal year 2023 shows n/a because no median prison term is available for that year.

## Limits of the Records

The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced, so charges that ended in acquittal or dismissal are not included.

Hill AFB, Utah, is in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court, and this post reports federal numbers on their own. The records do not describe individual cases or explain why a sentence was set below the range.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Utah (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Utah") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Stalking/Harassing" (16). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories.

Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records.

### What to Keep in Mind

**No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served.

**Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial.

**Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart.

**Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually.

**How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less.

## Related Analysis

- [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article)
- [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts)
- [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method)
- [Federal Sentences in the District of Utah, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-utah/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Utah, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-utah/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Utah, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-utah/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Utah, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-utah/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Utah, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-utah/) (same district, other offense type)
- [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source)
- [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source)

**About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.