> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Federal Stalking and Harassment Sentences in the Western District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-stalking-harassing-sentences-western-district-of-arkansas/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:17:13.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:17:13.000Z - Description: 14 people were sentenced in the Western District of Arkansas in the "Stalking/Harassing" offense type in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 13 (93%) received a prison term, and the median was 25.1 months, or 2.1 years. For all 94 districts, the median was 24 months. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the Western District of Arkansas, FY201](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-arkansas/) › Stalking and Harassment: Western District of Arkansas **In brief:** 14 people were sentenced in the Western District of Arkansas in the "Stalking/Harassing" offense type in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 13 (93%) received a prison term, and the median was 25.1 months, or 2.1 years. For all 94 districts, the median was 24 months. 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 14 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/). ## Prison Terms Were Close to the All-District Median 13 of the 14 people (93%) were sentenced to prison. The median prison term was 25.1 months. A quarter received 36 months or more, and a quarter received 8 months or less. Across all districts, 89% of people in this offense type went to prison, and the median was 24 months. The district median is about the same as that figure. No one in this group received probation only. The median for all offenses in this district was 72 months, which is much higher. The spread between the quartiles is wide, from 8 months or less to 36 months or more, so the median alone does not describe the range of terms. Prison terms are those imposed, not time served. ## Threatening Communications Were the Main Guideline The most common primary guideline was §2A6.1 (Threatening or Harassing Communications), with 12 people. The other 2 people had §2A6.2 (Stalking or Domestic Violence). These cases were less than 1% of the 2,185 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. ## Sentences Against the Guideline Range The sentence was within the guideline range for 5 people (36%). It was below the range without a government request for 5 people (36%), and at the government's request for 2 people (14%). It was above the range for 2 people (14%). For all districts, 47% of sentences in this offense type were within the range. In this district, within-range sentences were less common. No mandatory minimum prison term applied to any of the 13 people with that information recorded. ## Pleas All 14 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. The all-district guilty plea rate was 92%. Among the guilty pleas, 93% had a written plea agreement and 7% were straight pleas with no agreement. ## Supervised Release, Fines, and Criminal History 13 people (93%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 36 months. No fines were ordered, and restitution was ordered for 2 people (14%). In criminal history, 36% were in the lowest category, category I, and 29% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Counts by Fiscal Year Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 7 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 7 people. The table has no rows for 2021. Each year had 3 people or fewer. The yearly medians range from 0.1 months to 78 months. With counts this small, the table cannot show a trend. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 3 | 58.5 months | 3 of 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 18 months | 1 of 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0.1 months | 1 of 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 4 months | 2 of 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 6 months | 1 of 1 | | 2022 | 2 | 43.5 months | 2 of 2 | | 2023 | 2 | 30.5 months | 2 of 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 36 months | 1 of 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 78 months | 1 of 1 | ## What the Records Cannot Show The data includes only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not counted. It does not describe the facts of any case or why a sentence was above or below the range. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Western District of Arkansas (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Arkansas West") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Stalking/Harassing" (14). 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 Western District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-arkansas/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Western District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-western-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Western District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-western-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Western District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-western-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Western District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-western-district-of-arkansas/) (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.