ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney David C. Joseph
announced that a Texas man was sentenced last week to 16 months in prison for
possessing an improvised weapon while a prisoner in Pollock, Louisiana.
Serjio Rolando Siller Jr., 33, of Roma, Texas, was sentenced
Friday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell, on one count of possessing
contraband in prison. In addition to imprisonment, Siller was also sentenced to
one year of supervised release. According to the January 11, 2018 guilty plea,
Siller was found in possession of an improvised weapon commonly known as a
“shank,” while a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pollock.
The weapon was a small metal rod sharpened to a point.
The FBI and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons conducted the
investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney T. Forrest Phillips prosecuted the case.
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