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June 16, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Three Inmates at USP Hazelton Sentenced

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — Three inmates at USP Hazelton sentenced on June 10, 2009, in United States District Court in Clarksburg by Judge Irene M. Keeley.

United States Attorney Sharon L. Potter announced that:

DERRICK BANKS, age 34, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after entering a plea of guilty to an Information charging him with unlawfully possessing a homemade weapon on September 4, 2008.

DONELLE KINLEW, age 24, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after entering a plea of guilty to an Information charging him with unlawfully possessing a homemade weapon on November 30, 2008.

JUAN REYES, age 24, was sentenced to 24 moths imprisonment after entering a plea of guilty to an Information charging him with brutally assaulting another inmate on May 7, 2009, causing serious bodily injury.

The cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David E. Godwin. The cases were investigated by the Special Investigative Services at USP Hazelton and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.