Federal Inmate Sentenced For Assault

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Willie Lamont Nash, age 31, was sentenced on February 9, 2022, to 96 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Nash was an inmate at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Canaan, Waymart, Pennsylvania on October 12, 2017, when he attacked another inmate by striking him on the head and upper body with a lock in a sock.  As a result of the attack, the victim inmate suffered multiple injuries including blunt ocular trauma, resulting in significant vision loss.

The case was investigated by the FBI in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd K. Hinkley prosecuted the case.

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