FEDERAL INMATE SENTENCED FOR NEW OFFENSE

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on May 13, 2009, ALIREZA HENDIJANI, age 30, an inmate at FCI-Greenville, in Bond County, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for one count of possession of a prohibited object (a weapon) by a federal inmate. HENDIJANI pled guilty on February 18, 2009. HENDIJANI was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, three (3) years of supervised release, fined $100, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Under the law, HENDIJANI’S new sentence must run consecutive to the sentence he is currently serving.

The violation occurred on September 15, 2008, when correctional officers at FCI-Greenville discovered an ice pick type weapon in a recreation bag in HENDIJANI’S secured locker. HENDIJANI, as a federal inmate, was prohibited from possessing this ice pick type weapon.

The investigation was conducted by the Special Investigative Services at FCI- Greenville and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott.