A prison inmate has been sentenced to more than 15 additional years in federal prison for attacking a Bureau of Prisons employee in Texas.
A jury found 44-year-old William Lee Terrell guilty of assault of a federal officer resulting in bodily injury in a two-day trial in January.
On March 23, 2019, Terrell, who was on suicide watch, was placed under the observation of Human Resource Specialist Krista Coccozza at FCI Big Spring.
As HR Specialist Coccozza attempted to retrieve trash from a meal Terrell had just eaten, he reached through the food slot in the door, grabbing Specialist Coccozza.
Specialist Coccozza suffered a bruised lung, bruised ribs, sprained wrist, sprained elbow, sprained fingers, skin abrasions, pain, and redness on her body, and was unable to return to work for a period of time due to her injuries.
Terrell was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, which will be served consecutive to the 235-month sentence he received in the bank robbery case for a total of 423 months, or a little over 35 years.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Callie Woolam and Stephen Rancourt are prosecuting the case.
Terrell was convicted in 2010 of bank robbery and ordered to serve his sentence at FCI Big Spring.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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