Rakan F. Elsalem, Domestic Assault, Kentucky 2023

Bowling Green Man Gets 3 Years for Domestic Assault at Mammoth Cave National Park

A 40-year-old Bowling Green man has been sentenced to over 3 years in federal prison for committing a domestic assault in Mammoth Cave National Park. Rakan F. Elsalem was sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing a domestic assault as a habitual offender on May 1, 2023, within the Mammoth Cave National Park, a place within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

The assault was committed after Elsalem had two prior convictions for offenses that would have been, if subject to federal jurisdiction, an assault against a spouse or intimate partner. These included convictions of assault in the fourth degree on September 22, 2020, and on January 24, 2022, in Warren District Court.

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers. Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Nicholas Rabold, of the U.S. Attorney’s Bowling Green Branch Office, prosecuted the case.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky praised the work of the National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers in this case, stating, “I commend the effort of the National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers for their outstanding work in this case.”

Rakan F. Elsalem, 40, was sentenced to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for committing a domestic assault as a habitual offender in Mammoth Cave National Park on May 1, 2023.

This case serves as a reminder that the U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to aggressively enforce violations of the law on federal lands located throughout the Western District.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/bowling-green-man-sentenced-over-3-years-federal-prison-domestic-violence-offense