Date: 10-01-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Rakan F. Elsalem

Case Number: 1:23-cr-00052

Judge: Greg N. Stivers

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Warren County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Bowling Green

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Bowling Green, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Domestic Violence Offense at Mammoth Cave National Park
Bowling Green Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Domestic Violence Offense at Mammoth Cave National Park

Rakan F. Elsalem, 40, was charged for committing a domestic assault as a habitual offender on May 1, 2023, within the Mammoth Cave National Park, a place within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

At the time Elsalem committed the domestic assault, he had two prior convictions for offenses that would have been, if subject to federal jurisdiction, an assault against a spouse or intimate partner. These included convictions of assault in the fourth degree on September 22, 2020, and on January 24, 2022, in Warren District Court.

This case was investigated by the National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers.

Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Nicholas Rabold, of the U.S. Attorney’s Bowling Green Branch Office, prosecuted the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release

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