Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Weapon in Prison
U.S. Attorney’s Office February 20, 2009 |
Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on February 18, 2009, ALIREZA HENDIJANI, age 30, an inmate at FCI-Greenville, in Bond County, Illinois, pled guilty to possession of contraband by a federal inmate.
The violation occurred on September 15, 2008, when correctional officers at FCI-Greenville located an ice pick type weapon inside of a recreation bag in HENDIJANI’S secured locker inside his cell. HENDIJANI, as a federal inmate, was prohibited from possessing this ice pick type weapon.
The offense charged carries with it a penalty of a term of imprisonment of not more than five years or a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release of not more than three years. Sentencing is scheduled for May 29, 2009, in East St. Louis, Illinois. Under the law, HENDIJANI’S new sentence, when imposed, must run consecutively to the sentence he is currently serving.
The investigation was conducted by the Special Investigative Services at FCI-Greenville and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott.