John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, today announced that JULIAN DE JESUS CASTILLO, 35, pleaded guilty
yesterday in Hartford federal court to possession of contraband in a federal
prison.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
on February 8, 2018, Castillo, an inmate at the Federal Correctional
Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, possessed a razor blade and a 7.5 inch
piece of flat metal that had sharpened edges and a point at one end. The razor blade was discovered taped to the
underside of Castillo’s assigned bunk and the metal blade was concealed at the
base of a pillar adjacent to Castillo’s bunk.
The objects were designed or intended to be used as weapons.
Castillo is scheduled be sentenced by U.S. District Judge
Michael P. Shea on December 19, 2019, at which time he faces a maximum term of
imprisonment of five years.
This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia E.
King.
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