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Assault on Correctional Officer Lands Inmate 30-Month Prison Sentence
Earl Francis Hart, a 53-year-old inmate at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for assaulting a federal correctional officer. This sentence is in addition to a 30-year federal prison sentence Hart received earlier in the day of the assault for drug trafficking and firearms charges.
The assault occurred on February 1, 2013, when correctional officers went to Hart’s cell to lock him down following an alleged assault on another inmate. Hart refused commands to turn around and allow the officers to handcuff him. When officers entered his cell, Hart punched one of the officers repeatedly and continued to throw punches at four other officers who worked to subdue and handcuff him.
Hart pleaded guilty on November 8, 2013, to one count of assaulting a federal employee as charged in a federal indictment returned on April 10, 2013.
United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and United States Marshal Jamie A. Hainsworth announced the sentencing. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Zechariah Chafee.
The matter was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and investigators at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center.
Hart will serve the 30-month sentence consecutive to the 30-year federal prison sentence.
Key Facts
- State: Rhode Island
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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