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Abigail J. Shry

Federal threats case involving a missed prison self-surrender and a bench warrant.

Convicted
last updated 10 August 2026 · 3 sources
Confirmed facts
6
Open questions
3
Sentence
27 months
Warrant
Bench warrant
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Case file Abigail J. Shry, reference D C zero one three seven. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, on August fifth, twenty twenty-three, Abigail J. Shry admitted placing a call to a federal judge’s chambers and making threats in that call. The office said that, on August eighth, twenty twenty-three, authorities went to Shry’s residence and Shry admitted the phone number associated with the calls was hers. The U.S. Attorney’s Office later announced that, on November thirteenth, twenty twenty-four, Shry, described as a forty-four-year-old Alvin woman, pleaded guilty to transmission in interstate commerce containing a threat to injure another person. CBS News reported that, on November twelfth, twenty twenty-five, a federal judge in Houston sentenced Shry to twenty-seven months in federal prison and two years of supervised release. CBS News reported she was scheduled to self-surrender in Tallahassee, Florida, on February seventeenth, twenty twenty-six, and did not show. CBS News reported a warrant was ordered; the exact issuance date remains unreported. Open questions include whether Shry is currently in custody, the warrant date, and whether any additional charge has been filed. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one three seven at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed6 entries
5 August 2023
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said Abigail J. Shry admitted placing a call to a federal judge's chambers and making threats in that call.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas
8 August 2023
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said authorities went to Shry's residence and Shry admitted the phone number associated with the calls was hers.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas
13 November 2024
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas announced that Shry, described as a 44-year-old Alvin woman, pleaded guilty to transmission in interstate commerce containing a threat to injure another person.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas
12 November 2025
CBS News reported that a federal judge in Houston sentenced Shry to 27 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release after her guilty plea.
CBS News
17 February 2026
CBS News reported that Shry was scheduled to self-surrender to the federal correctional facility in Tallahassee, Florida, and did not show.
CBS News
19 February 2026
CBS News reported that a federal judge in Houston had ordered a warrant for Shry's arrest after the missed self-surrender; the exact warrant-issuance date was not reported.
CBS News
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Is Shry currently in custody on the federal bench warrant?unconfirmed by trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
What exact date did the Houston federal judge issue the bench warrant?CBS reported the warrant but not its issuance date · unconfirmed
Have prosecutors filed any additional charge tied to the missed self-surrender?no trusted source reviewed confirmed a new charge · unconfirmed
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