Judge Gives Federal Inmate Another Year In Prison For Possessing A Weapon

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Judge Gives Federal Inmate Another Year In Prison For Possessing A Weapon

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Sept. 25, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 12 months and 1 day in jail on his conviction for possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Jesus Castillo- Lucino, 26. The sentence was imposed to run consecutively to the sentence Castillo-Luciano is currently serving.

According to information presented to the court on Feb. 1, 2013, Castillo-Luciano was in possession of a weapon.

Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

U.S. Attorney Hickton commended Officers of the McKean Federal Correctional Institution for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Castillo-Luciano.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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