Ocala, Florida – U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has
sentenced Timothy Whittington, Jr. (37, Kansas) to eight years in federal
prison for assault with a dangerous weapon with the intent to cause bodily
harm. The Court ordered the sentence to run consecutively to Whittington’s
existing sentence for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, which he was
serving at the time he committed the offense.
Whittington pleaded guilty on November 16, 2017.
According to court documents, on June 22, 2017, while
Whittington was an inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex, he repeatedly
stabbed another inmate in the arm and neck with a shank in the prison
cafeteria.
“The rule of law does not stop at the prison walls,” said
Special Agent in Charge Charles P. Spencer. “Inmates in federal prisons have
the right to pay their debts to society without being subject to violent crimes
while incarcerated, and the FBI will continue to investigate these incidents fully.”
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney William S.
Hamilton.
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