Supervised Release Yanked Even Though Criminal Beat New Charges

A man on supervised release in a case involving steroid distribution was properly sent to prison for violating the terms of his sentence when he was accused—but acquitted—of assaulting a probation officer, the First Circuit said Tuesday.

Daniel Frederickson was required to submit to drug testing as part of his supervised release on a 2017 drug conspiracy conviction. Paul Walter was an intern at the probation office and responsible for collecting a sample of Frederickson’s urine. Walter said Frederickson attacked him after being told that there wasn’t enough urine in his sample, but Frederickson asserted that Walter sexually assaulted him ...