Inmate Sentenced To 13 Months’ Imprisonment For Assaulting Correctional Officer

Inmate Sentenced To 13 Months’ Imprisonment For Assaulting Correctional Officer

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Nov. 1, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Daryl Johnson, age 33, formerly of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Oct. 30, 2018, by United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to 13 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release for assaulting a federal employee.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Johnson, then serving a sentence for armed robbery, kicked a correctional officer in the face during an altercation at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan in September 2016. The correctional officer suffered minor injuries.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and officers at USP Canaan. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean A. Camoni prosecuted the case.

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

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