Joshua Drummonds is the Michigan man who appeared on Season 2 of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant with Nikkole Paulun in 2010 and later built a long criminal record that culminated in a federal prison sentence for robbing a bank and a CVS store in Houston. He was released from federal custody on May 12, 2026, after serving more than six years of an eight-year sentence, and was arrested again two weeks later on unrelated Michigan felony warrants.1The Ashley’s Reality Roundup. Josh Drummonds Released From Prison After 7 Years
The 2019 Texas Arrest and Federal Conviction
On April 29, 2019, Drummonds was arrested in Harris County, Texas. Charging documents accused him of possessing methamphetamine in an amount that qualifies as a first-degree felony under Texas law, between four and 200 grams, with intent to deliver. He also faced two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon tied to allegations that he had robbed two women at gunpoint earlier that month.2The Sun. 16 and Pregnant’s Nikkole Paulun Ex Josh Released From Prison 2026
The robbery charges moved to federal court. Prosecutors said Drummonds robbed an IBC Bank of $4,690 and a CVS store of $176.1The Ashley’s Reality Roundup. Josh Drummonds Released From Prison After 7 Years In February 2020, he pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of bank robbery, both charged on an aiding and abetting theory that indicated he did not act alone.3Starcasm. 16 and Pregnant Nikkole Paulun Ex Josh Drummonds Arrested Robbery Meth
Sentence and Restitution
The court sentenced Drummonds to 96 months on each count, or eight years, with the sentences running concurrently.3Starcasm. 16 and Pregnant Nikkole Paulun Ex Josh Drummonds Arrested Robbery Meth He was ordered to pay $4,866 in restitution to the bank and the CVS, and to serve three years of supervised release after prison. Conditions of that supervision require mental health and drug treatment and vocational training.1The Ashley’s Reality Roundup. Josh Drummonds Released From Prison After 7 Years
Release From Federal Prison and Re-Arrest in Michigan
Drummonds walked out of the Federal Correctional Institution in Pollock, Louisiana, on May 12, 2026.1The Ashley’s Reality Roundup. Josh Drummonds Released From Prison After 7 Years Two weeks later, on May 26, 2026, he was arrested in Monroe County, Michigan, on two open felony warrants: one connected to a 2012 home invasion case and one for a 2017 unlawful driving away of a vehicle charge. Bond in both cases had been set in June 2023 while he was still incarcerated. Drummonds posted bond and was released the same afternoon.4Starcasm. 16 and Pregnant Nikkole’s Ex Joshua Drummonds Arrested in Michigan
He remains on federal supervised release while those Michigan cases move forward.
Prior Criminal Record
Drummonds’ contact with the courts stretches back to at least 2011, when at 19 he was arrested in Monroe County for stealing and forging checks belonging to his mother. He faced felony larceny and forgery charges and was on probation at the time.5FindLaw. 16 and Pregnant Dad Joshua Drummonds Arrested for Forgery Larceny
In 2012 he was sentenced to four years in prison after breaking into his then-girlfriend’s mother’s house and fleeing from police, and was released around 2016.6Yahoo Entertainment. 16 and Pregnant Star Set to Be Released Paulun has said the two briefly reunited after that release and Drummonds was then charged with domestic violence against her. In 2017 he was arrested in Texas for choking a relative.1The Ashley’s Reality Roundup. Josh Drummonds Released From Prison After 7 Years
Nikkole Paulun’s Response
Drummonds and Paulun’s son, Lyle, was born in 2009 and was 16 by the time of Drummonds’ 2026 release. Paulun has said Lyle has spent most of his life without his father present, and she previously obtained a protection order against Drummonds, calling it “a necessary step towards ensuring her children’s safety.”7Yahoo News. 16 and Pregnant Nikkole Paulun Gets Protection Order
When his release was announced in April 2026, Paulun wrote on TikTok: “We haven’t seen that man in nearly 10 years… the pain he has caused myself, Lyle, and his other victims is truly unforgivable. I won’t forgive and I won’t forget.”6Yahoo Entertainment. 16 and Pregnant Star Set to Be Released After he was released, she said she considers Drummonds “a danger to my family and to society as a whole” and confirmed there is no contact between them and no plans for him to see Lyle.1The Ashley’s Reality Roundup. Josh Drummonds Released From Prison After 7 Years