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The 48-year-old former ICE supervisor from Coryville, Cincinnati, Samuel L. Saxon, is scheduled to be sentenced on October 20, 2026; a district judge set the date. The sentencing date for the now-suspended ICE supervisor has been set following his guilty plea for lying to a federal official after he was arrested for domestic violence.
According to court records, Judge Matthew McFarland set Saxon’s sentencing date on July 20, 2026. Saxon faces a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will also be under supervision for three years after he is released from prison. Saxon pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators on April 1, 2026.
The federal indictment to which Saxon pleaded guilty states he “did will fully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement and representation… by standing and representing, in sum and substance to a Special Agent with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, that he had not interacted in person with the domestic violence victim on the day of the 911 call described in this indictment, and that he had only interacted with her via phone.”
Saxon’s previous charges, including domestic violence, felonious assault, and strangulation involving the mother of his children, have been put on hold for the federal case to proceed first. Saxon earlier pleaded not guilty to these charges, according to court documents. However, if Saxon is convicted of these state charges, he could spend decades behind bars.
ICE Employment
According to the court documents, Saxon was arrested in December 2025. At the time of his arrest, Saxon was the assistant field office director for ICE enforcement and removal operations at their suboffice located in Cincinnati. Saxon was a longtime federal employee who started working with ICE in September 2005.
However, following his federal indictment, ICE officials publicly stated that Saxon was considered “absent without leave.”
A statement was also issued by the agency, which stated, “As public servants working for a law enforcement agency, every employee at ICE is held to the highest standards of conduct. If an employee does not adhere to those standards, it will be addressed appropriately.”
Background
Prosecutors described Saxon in court as a serial abuser. Saxon was initially arrested in December after the officers responded to a call regarding a domestic dispute. A witness called the authorities, reporting that Saxon put a woman in a chokehold and dragged her inside an apartment. According to the federal court filing, videos turned over to the police showed Saxon screaming and assaulting a woman inside an apartment. Saxon told the authorities that the woman was his ex-girlfriend, who was identified by the police.
During Saxon’s arraignment, the Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor Melinda Rinehart noted two previous instances when the victim suffered from a broken nose and a broken pelvis.
Rinehart said, “The two of them have been together for a number of years. She was only 18 when they met; he was in his 40s. They’ve lived in a couple of different states and have lived in two residences during this time.”
“They have only lived here for the last year and a half, and, in that time, Cincinnati police have been called out to their residence approximately 23 times in about a year. Back in April of this year, she actually was taken to the hospital with a broken pelvis. That did not result in any charges,” Rinehart said.
At Saxon’s initial federal hearing, the prosecutor requested the court hold him without bond as the victim’s safety was at risk.
