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Former FCI Gilmer inmate sentenced for assaulting corrections officer

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Elijah Jeremiah Smith, a former inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer, was sentenced today to 71 months of incarceration for assaulting a correctional officer, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Smith, 24, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Assault of a Correctional Officer Resulting in Bodily Injury.” Smith admitted to assaulting an officer and causing bodily injury while in custody in September 2019 in Gilmer County. Smith punched the officer, lacerating his lip, knocking out a tooth, and injuring his shoulder. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Prisons investigated.

Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided. 
 

Updated March 15, 2021
Topic
Violent Crime
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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