Federal Inmate Sentenced on Weapon Charge

BECKLEY, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a federal inmate was sentenced to 24 months in prison for possessing a weapon at the Federal Correctional Institution at Beckley.  Stuart praised the investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

“Well, it’s not another shank,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart,” but Guerrero is the latest inmate that lengthened his prison stay by possessing a weapon.” 

Richard Ray Guerrero, 33, pled guilty in April, admitting that on June 30, 2017, he possessed a weapon he had made consisting of two combination locks attached to a belt.  Staff members at the prison recovered the weapon from Guerrero following an altercation he had with another inmate.  Guerrero’s sentence will run consecutively to the sentence he is now serving.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John File.  The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Irene C. Berger.

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