ALBUQUERQUE - Charmaine Peralta, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.
Peralta was charged in Jan. 2017, by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer in Bernalillo County, N.M. According to the complaint, Peralta assaulted a Task Force Officer of the South West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) of the U.S. Marshals Service by biting the Task Force Officer on the arm resulting in bleeding and bruising, and by kicking the Officer repeatedly in the chest. According to the complaint, Peralta committed the assault when SWIFT Officers were executing an arrest warrant on Peralta for the underlying charge of possession of a controlled substance and she became combative and actively resisted arrest when confronted by the Officers.
Peralta subsequently was indicted on March 14, 2017, and was charged with assaulting and resisting a federal officer involving physical contact on Jan. 19, 2017, in Bernalillo County. During today’s proceedings, Peralta pled guilty to the indictment without the benefit of a plea agreement.
At sentencing, Peralta faces a maximum penalty of eight years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by the South West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) of the U.S. Marshals Service for the District of New Mexico with assistance from the New Mexico Department of Corrections and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. Walsh.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
