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« Oster trial: A playground project under scrutiny | Today | Coventry man indicted on child molestation charges » February 8, 2008Man gets three more prison years for assaulting guardPROVIDENCE -- A man with a history of criminal convictions got three more years in federal prison today for punching a guard repeatedly in the face and head in May 2006 at Wyatt Federal Detention Center in Central Falls. He was at Wyatt awaiting sentencing in a Massachusetts drug case. Kacey D. Jones, 27, received the sentence from U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith, U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office announced. Jones pleaded guilty in July to assaulting the guard. Prosecutor Zechariah Chafee said at the plea hearing the government could show that on May 11, 2006, while Jones and other inmates were waiting to be released to a Wywatt exercise yard, some inmates grew impatient, approached a guard at a desk and demanded to be let into the yard. When the guard told the inmates to move away from the desk, Jones began punching the guard repeatedly in the face and head, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a news release. The two men fell to the floor. Responding to the guard’s alarm, other guards came in and pulled Jones away. The assaulted guard was treated for several injuries at Miriam Hospital. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Chafee, in a sentencing memorandum filed in connection with the case, described Jones as having a lenghty history of criminal convictions and violence. He was sentenced to prison in 1998 for assaulting a Massachusetts corrections officer and, twice in 2005, Jones assaulted guards at the Hampden County House of Corrections in Massachusetts, the U.S. Attorney's office said. In December 2004, while being arrested for a drug allegation, Jones reached for a loaded handgun, according to the sentencing memorandum. The arrest led to a guilty plea to a federal drug-trafficking offense and Jones' detention at Wyatt, awaiting sentencing in Boston. A federal judge in Boston sentenced Jones in October to 10 years in prison. Smith today imposed a 134-month prison sentence to be served concurrently with the 98 months remaining on the 10-year drug sentence, meaning 36 more months in prison for the assault. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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