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Description: New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with interstate domestic violence assault by strangulation and one count of interstate domestic violence.

Geronimo Flores, age 30, of Abilene, Texas was indicted by a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging GERONIMO FLORES with domestic violence by strangulation and suffocation in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(8) and 7(8) and interstate domestic violence in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2261(a)(1), 2261(b)(5), and 7(8).

GERONIMO FLORES intentionally assaulted his intimate and dating partner while aboard the Carnival Glory cruise ship on December 2, 2021. The Glory was within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States during a voyage that departed from and returned to the Port of New Orleans in the Eastern District of Louisiana. FLORES specifically assaulted the victim by strangulation, as well as striking her in the head with his hand.

For domestic violence by strangulation, GERONIMO FLORES faces a maximum term of ten years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. For domestic violence by striking the victim, he faces a maximum term of five years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. Sentencing is set before United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter on August 18. 2022.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorneys Charles D. Strauss and Christopher D. Usher II are in charge of the prosecution.

Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.

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