Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Federal Corrections Officer Sentenced
KENTUCKY...
A former corrections officer at the United States Penitentiary Big Sandy has been sentenced on a charge of wanton endangerment. Thirty-four-year-old Larry Ray Miller of Hazard was sentenced to three months of incarceration and ordered to pay a $500 fine. Miller pleaded guilty in October. He is charged with allowing another guard armed with a pocket knife to enter an inmate's cell on Dec. 30, 2007. The inmate was able to get control of the knife and stabbed Miller and two others before he was subdued.
A former corrections officer at the United States Penitentiary Big Sandy has been sentenced on a charge of wanton endangerment. Thirty-four-year-old Larry Ray Miller of Hazard was sentenced to three months of incarceration and ordered to pay a $500 fine. Miller pleaded guilty in October. He is charged with allowing another guard armed with a pocket knife to enter an inmate's cell on Dec. 30, 2007. The inmate was able to get control of the knife and stabbed Miller and two others before he was subdued.