ELKINS, W. Va.– Elijah Jeremiah Smith, a former inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer, was sentenced to 71 months of incarceration for assaulting a correctional officer, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
Smith, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of “Assault of a Correctional Officer Resulting in Bodily Injury.” Smith admitted to assaulting an officer and causing bodily injury while in custody in September 2019 in Gilmer County. Smith punched the officer, lacerating his lip, knocking out a tooth, and injuring his shoulder.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Prisons investigated.
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.