Two federal inmates indicted for attacking correctional employees

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned indictments charging two men with assaulting U.S. Department of Justice employees who were carrying out their duties as correctional staff. 

According to court documents, Devario Talley, 35, and Brett Roelandt, 35, were both indicted on two counts of forcible assault inflicting bodily injury.

Talley and Roelandt, who are federal inmates, allegedly attacked and injured two employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on December 26, 2025.  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the cases.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Faiza Alhambra is prosecuting the cases.

OTHER INDICTMENTS

Ataven Tatum, 46, of Kansas City, Kansas, was indicted on one count of felon in possession of a firearm. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Zabel is prosecuting the case.

Derek Marsocci, 63, of Centerview, Missouri, was indicted on one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Faiza Alhambra is prosecuting the case.

Project Safe Childhood

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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