Overview

• On July 17, Senior U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn sentenced Ragsdale to 66 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.
• Ragsdale pleaded guilty on April 29 to possessing a firearm as an unlawful user of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
• Prosecutors said he shot his roommate multiple times in February 2022 while intoxicated, but the murder charge was dropped and his self-defense claim was rejected.
• Authorities recovered a 10mm Glock, an AR-15 rifle and nearly two grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms from his Seagoville residence.
• He remains in federal custody pending transfer to the Bureau of Prisons after his November 2024 arrest for allegedly trying to re-enter a North Texas church with a tactical rifle.