Date: 07-26-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Carlos Rodriguez-Cruz

Case Number: 4:22-cr-00302

Judge: Julia K. Munley

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Lackawana County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Scranton

Defendant's Attorney:

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Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault On A Corrections Officer
Inmate At The Federal Schuylkill Correctional Institution Sentenced To An Additional 30 Months In Prison For Assault On A Corrections Officer

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos Rodriguez-Cruz, age 33, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, in Minersville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 25, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Julia K. Munley, to serve an additional 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal corrections officer.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Rodriguez-Cruz, formerly of Puerto Rico, previously pleaded guilty and admitted to assaulting a corrections officer. The charge stems from an incident on October 6, 2023, in which Rodriguez-Cruz engaged in a physical confrontation with a corrections officer and punched the officer.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Prisons Special Investigative Service. Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara prosecuted the case.

At the time of the incident at FCI Schuylkill, Rodriguez-Cruz was serving a sentence from Puerto Rico for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. That sentence does not expire until March 2027. The sentence imposed by Judge Munley for the charge of assault on a corrections officer will run consecutively to the sentence from Puerto Rico.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to serve an additional 30 months in prison

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