Audie Cruz-De Los Santos Sentenced to 24 Months for Assault with a Deadly Weapon
A 40-year-old inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin, New Hampshire, has been sentenced to an additional 24 months in federal prison for assaulting another inmate with a box cutter.
The crime took place on an unspecified date in 2023, although the exact date is not provided in the release. Audie Cruz-De Los Santos assaulted another inmate from behind and slashed the neck of the inmate using a box cutter.
The video surveillance system at FCI-Berlin captured Cruz-De Los Santos placing an object in a recycling container located within the unit where the assault took place. Prison staff retrieved a blood-stained box cutter from the container immediately after the assault.
The assaulted inmate was treated at Androscoggin Valley Hospital and then transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock for surgery to treat the wound.
Audie Cruz-De Los Santos previously pleaded guilty on September 26, 2017. The sentence will run consecutive to the defendant’s current federal prison sentence for possessing a firearm.
The case was investigated by the staff at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Assistant United States Attorney Donald Feith prosecuted the case.
Audie Cruz-De Los Santos, 40, of New Hampshire, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison for assaulting another inmate with a box cutter.
Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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