AKRON, Ohio - A federal magistrate judge has placed former Braking Point drug rehabilitation facility owner Ryan Sheridan into temporary custody of the US Marshal, following Friday’s court appearance on a supervised release violation.

Sheridan, 45, who is currently serving a period of federal supervised release following his 2021 conviction in a multi-million-dollar health care fraud case, appeared before Magistrate Judge Amanda Knapp in U.S. District Court in Akron. The appearance followed Sheridan’s arrest by Austintown police earlier in the week on state charges of felony kidnapping and misdemeanor domestic violence.

During the 15-minute proceeding, Sheridan denied violating the conditions of his supervised release. The government asked that Sheridan be detained.

The magistrate judge ordered Sheridan remanded to the temporary custody of the U.S. Marshal. The case will now move forward with further proceedings before Judge Juanita Pearson, a federal district judge.

Sheridan’s Oct. 27 arrest by the Austintown Police Department stems from an alleged incident that occurred on Thursday, Oct. 23.

A woman who said Sheridan is her former boyfriend, slammed her to the ground twice during an argument.

Court records from Mahoning County indicate Sheridan faces a first-degree felony charge of kidnapping and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of domestic violence.

Sheridan had an initial hearing on the state charges via video on Oct. 29 in Mahoning County Court. Judge Scott Hunter set his bond at $25,000, with a 10% cash option, on the kidnapping charge, and a $5,000 bond, also with a 10% option, on the domestic violence charge. Records indicate that cash bonds totaling $3,000 were posted that day.

However, the Mahoning County Jail log shows that the separate charge of a federal probation violation was logged on Wednesday, with a status of "no bond." As of Sunday, Sheridan remained in the Mahoning County Jail in pretrial custody with a maximum-security designation.

Sheridan is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on the state charges on Wednesday in Mahoning County Court before Judge Hunter.

Sheridan, the former owner of Braking Point Recovery Center in Austintown, was sentenced in 2021 to seven and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to dozens of counts related to a conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Federal authorities alleged that Sheridan and his associates fraudulently billed the Ohio Medicaid program approximately $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services that were often not provided or medically necessary.

He was released from federal prison and began a period of federal supervised release in November 2024. His supervision is currently set to expire in November 2026. As part of his federal sentence, Sheridan was ordered to pay more than $24.4 million in restitution.

Earlier in 2025, Sheridan had requested an early termination of his supervised release; court records do not indicate a ruling on that motion. A violation of supervised release conditions can potentially result in a return to federal prison.