Inmate receives additional sentence for injuring corrections officer
Posted/updated on: July 4, 2025 at 5:47 am
TEXARKANA -A federal inmate has received an additional prison sentence for assaulting a correctional officer in the Eastern District of Texas, according to a press release from the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
According to information presented in court, on November 29, 2022, Andrew Hunter, 23, of Mount Pleasant, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, had an altercation with a correctional officer in a hallway at the Federal Prison Camp. During the altercation, Hunter shoved the officer causing him to strike the back of his head against a wall. The officer sustained serious injuries that required medical attention.
Hunter pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer and was sentenced to an additional 18 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III, on July 2, 2025.
