Federal Inmate Admits to Stabbing, Sentenced

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sean Robin Howard, 22, an inmate at Federal Correctional Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for stabbing another inmate.

Howard pled guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury. According to court documents, Howard was involved in a verbal dispute with another inmate in a housing unit. Howard stabbed the inmate in the neck area and caused a serious wound. The inmate was transported to a hospital and was treated for his injuries.

Howard's sentence is to be served consecutively to his current sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.