Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty To Drug And Weapon Possession

          CONCORD, N.H. – Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Rahshim Carter, an inmate at the federal prison in Berlin, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to possessing Suboxone and a homemade weapon known as a shank.

          Pleadings filed with the court and statements made at the change of plea hearing established that staff at FCI-Berlin were conducting a health and sanitation check at the prison on November 24, 2016. When they opened Carter’s cell the staff smelled smoke. Carter exited his cell and immediately tried to evade the prison staff by running around the second tier of the unit and jumping to the first tier. Prison staff eventually subdued Carter and a search found the homemade weapon and a quantity of Suboxone, which is a controlled substance.

          A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for August 22, 2017.

          The case was investigated by the staff at the Bureau of Prisons, FCI-Berlin. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Feith.

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