Garrett Wiseman, Assault, New Jersey 2010

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Assault

CAMDEN, N.J. - In a shocking turn of events, a Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in an assault that left a construction site manager seriously injured.

Garrett Wiseman, 25, previously pleaded guilty to an information charging him in connection with the assault, which was committed in furtherance of an extortion scheme. Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.

According to documents filed in the case, on June 9, 2010, Wiseman and two co-defendants were in a car that was used to run down the construction site manager, who had been critical of the work being done by Sands Mechanical Inc., a subcontractor on the restoration and rehabilitation of the Marine Corps Reserve Training Center at Joint Base-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County, New Jersey.

The victim suffered serious injuries in the assault, which Wiseman was driving at the time. In addition to the prison term, Judge Rodriguez sentenced Wiseman to serve three years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents of the Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Cheryl Garcia; Naval Criminal Investigative Service – Northeast Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Leo S. Lamont; and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 307, under the direction of Special Agent Seth Neville, detachment commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

He also thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The government is represented by Senior Litigation Counsel V. Grady O’Malley of the Organized Crime/Gangs Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark.

Defense counsel for Wiseman is Richard Sparaco Esq., of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The case is a stark reminder of the dangers of extortion and the importance of holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/pennsylvania-man-sentenced-five-years-prison-assault-charge