Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Assaulting Federal Officers

ALBUQUERQUE – Charlie Ray Turnbow, 40, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to eleven months of imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release for his conviction for assaulting federal officers.

Turnbow was arrested in Aug. 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with assaulting two officers of the Federal Protective Service of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Aug. 6, 2015, in Bernalillo County, N.M.  The assault occurred in Albuquerque outside of the offices of the Social Security Administration located at 500 Lead Avenue SW when Turnbow shot at the two officers with an airsoft weapon.  The officers were not injured.

On Oct. 7, 2015, Turnbow pled guilty to a misdemeanor information charging him with assaulting federal officers with an airsoft revolver.

This case was investigated by the Federal Protective Service of the U.S. Department of Homeland and the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Mysliwiec prosecuted the case.