SAN JOSE – A 25-year-old Nicaraguan nationwide is going through expenses he assaulted three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers final month in San Jose, federal prosecutors mentioned.
Francisco De-Jesus Morales was indicted by a grand jury on June 12, in keeping with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace. He’s charged with assault on an officer inflicting bodily harm, assault on an officer with bodily contact and misdemeanor assault on an officer.
Morales was first charged by grievance in Could and made his preliminary look in district court docket on June 4.
The indictment alleges Morales assaulted the officers at an ICE facility on Could 2 as they tried to take him into custody on a warrant for his removing and deportation from the US.
One officer skilled “significant groin bruising,” prosecutors mentioned, including that different accidents to the officers included “scrapes, an ankle stress fracture/strain and a chest contusion.”
Morales was additionally injured within the confrontation. All 4 obtained medical remedy.
If convicted, Morales faces as much as 20 years in jail and a advantageous of $250,000 for the assault on an officer inflicting bodily harm cost; as much as eight years in jail and a advantageous of $250,000 for the assault on an officer with bodily contact cost; and as much as one yr in jail and a $100,000 advantageous for the misdemeanor assault on an officer cost.
Any sentence following conviction, nevertheless, can be imposed by the court docket after consideration of U.S. sentencing tips and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence.
Morales was remanded to custody after making his preliminary look, in keeping with prosecutors. He’s scheduled to seem in court docket on June 24 for an arraignment on the indictment.
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