Federal Inmate Sentenced for Possessing Weapon

BECKLEY, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Beckley was sentenced to 15 months in prison for possessing a weapon.  Dave Berrios-Hernandez, 24, pled guilty in November, admitting that on September 5, 2017, while he was an inmate at the prison, he possessed a handcrafted weapon commonly known as a “shank.”  The weapon was seized by a staff member at the prison after Berrios-Hernandez threw it down.  The sentence will run consecutively to the sentence Berrios-Hernandez is now serving. 

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.  Assistant United States Attorney John L. File handled the prosecution.  United States District Judge Irene C. Berger imposed the sentence.

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