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TMCNet: Federal Inmate Enters Plea and is Sentenced in Federal Court

[August 03, 2012]

Federal Inmate Enters Plea and is Sentenced in Federal Court

Aug 03, 2012 (JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Federal Inmate Enters Plea and is Sentenced in Federal Court U.S. Attorney's Office August 2, 2012 Northern District of West Virginia (304) 234-0100 CLARKSBURG, WV--A USP Hazelton inmate entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced on August 1, 2012, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Judge Irene M. Keeley.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that Licurtis Whitney, age 35, entered a plea of guilty to one count of obstruction of justice on September 10, 2011, at the satellite camp at USP Hazleton by concealing a cell phone and preventing said cell phone from being used as evidence in an investigation and prosecution of the possession of said cell phone. When confronted by staff regarding the possession of a cell phone, Whitney fled on foot and threw the cell phone into a wooded area near the camp. Whitney was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, to be served consecutively with his current 75-month sentence.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Flower and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Special Investigative Services at USP Hazelton.

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