Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Middle District of Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Inmate At Federal Correctional Institute At Allenwood Charged With Assaults On Two Corrections Officers
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a grand jury in Scranton has indicted a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute at Allenwood for assaulting two federal corrections officers.
According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, the indictment charges Demetrius Catching, age 25, formerly of Lexington, Kentucky, with punching one corrections officer and kicking another corrections officer on March 7, 2016.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Prisons Special Investigative Service
Prosecution has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara
Indictments and Criminal Informations are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.
A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
In this case, the maximum penalty which can be imposed under federal law is 8 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a $100,000 fine.
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant’s educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.
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