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Date: 04-27-2023
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Case Number: 4:21-cr-00169
Judge: Catherine D. Perry
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with assaulting a Park Rangers in an incident that began on the grounds of the Gateway Arch National Park.
On Feb. 28, 2021, Park Rangers made a lawful traffic stop of a vehicle in the Old Cathedral parking lot. Antione Lamont Hawkins, now 39, was in the driver’s seat and an open beer bottle and an open beer carton were in the vehicle. Hawkins admitted that he had been drinking.
Hawkins provided his name but wouldn’t provide identification. He refused to keep his hands on the steering wheel and then became confrontational.
When rangers tried to handcuff Hawkins, he struggled, stomping on one ranger’s foot and kicking him in the leg. When rangers tried to put him in a patrol vehicle, he kicked a ranger in the face. Hawkins grabbed a different ranger by the throat during a struggle in jail.
Hawkins pleaded guilty in December in front of U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry to two counts of assaulting an officer.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Bateman is prosecuting the case.
ASSAULTING/RESISTING/IMPEDING OFFICERS/EMPLOYEES
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Outcome: The defendant pleaded guilty to counts one and two of the Indictment on December 19, 2022. The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of 37 months. Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be on supervised release for a term of 2 years. The defendant must pay a special assessment in the amount of $200.00. The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
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