Bay Area man gets year in prison for throwing tantrum in federal court

(KRON) — A Bay Area man was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison on July 11 for assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal while refusing to be detained in a Utah district courthouse on Nov. 22, 2024, According to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Former San Francisco and Burlingame resident Jeffrey Adam Crum, 34, was at the courthouse for a hearing regarding allegations that he violated the terms of his supervised release when the outburst occurred. During the hearing, the district court ordered that Crum be detained while awaiting future proceedings.

“Crum was upset by the Court’s decision and opposed, resisted, and impeded the efforts of multiple Deputy U.S. Marshals to take him into custody,” the DOJ said. “Specifically, Crum resisted instructions by deputy U.S. marshals to enter and exit an elevator that would take him to a holding cell, forcing them to carry him. At one point, Crum kicked his legs out, striking a Deputy U.S. Marshal in the head.”

Crum was ultimately arrested at the courthouse. On Dec. 3, 2024, a federal grand jury indicted Crum for the assault. He pleaded guilty on May 16, 2025, to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer.

Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Illston handed down Crum’s sentencing, which included an additional, concurrent sentencing for violating the terms of his supervised release. Crum’s conviction for violating his supervised release stemmed from a previous conviction for illegal gun and ammo possession as a felon.