Federal Inmate Sentenced to Serve Five Additional Years in Federal Prison for Assaulting Federal Correctional Officer with Urine

OKLAHOMA CITY – DEMETRI GOLDSMITH, 26, of Washington D.C., has been sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison for assaulting a federal officer with urine, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

On March 1, 2022, a federal grand jury charged Goldsmith with assaulting a federal officer with physical contact. According to public record, on December 24, 2021, Goldsmith was an inmate at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, when he filled a plastic bag with urine and wedged it into the doorframe of his prison cell. Goldsmith called a correctional officer over to his cell door, and then while speaking to the officer, Goldsmith compressed the bag, spraying urine on the officer’s face and body.

Goldsmith pleaded guilty on May 14, 2024, and admitted he assaulted the officer who was in performance of his duties.

At the sentencing hearing on October 24, 2024, U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones sentenced Goldsmith to serve 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The court ordered this sentence to run consecutive to his current sentencing, for which Goldsmith is serving a 220-month sentence in prison for Assaulting a Federal Officer with Bodily Injury from the Western District of Louisiana. In announcing the sentence, the Court noted the disgusting and demeaning nature of the crime, and that Goldsmith had thrown bodily fluids on officers repeatedly throughout his incarceration.

This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Prisons Special Investigative Service and the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Nichols and Cedric Bond prosecuted the case.

Reference is made to public filings for additional information.