Federal Inmate Sentenced for Possessing Weapon
| U.S. Attorney’s Office October 19, 2009 |
BECKLEY, WV—A federal inmate serving a prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Beckley, West Virginia was sentenced today to 27 months’ imprisonment for possessing a weapon inside the prison. Miguel Rodriguez, 33, of Brandenburg, Kentucky, previously pled guilty in June 2009, admitting he possessed a metal lock in a sock during an altercation with another inmate at the prison on March 14, 2009. Rodriguez is currently serving a sentence for armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence. United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston ordered that Rodriguez serve the sentence imposed today consecutively to the sentence he is currently serving. The Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney John L. File handled the prosecution.