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Inmate admits to assault, sentenced

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Timothy Terrazas, and inmate at United States Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has admitted to assault and was sentenced today to an additional 24 months of incarceration, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

Terrazas, 33, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm.” Terrazas admitted to assaulting another inmate in March 2021 in Preston County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher L. Bauer prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Prisons investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

 

Updated December 3, 2021
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USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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