Federal Inmate Indicted for Assault on Federal Correctional Officer

Timothy M. Morrison, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced that ANTHONY L. VAUGHN, 35, a Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Indianapolis for aggravated assault on a federal officer, following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The indictment alleges that VAUGHN assaulted a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana on April 23, 2009, resulting in bodily injury to the officer.

According to Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Warden, who is prosecuting the case for the government, VAUGHN faces a maximum possible prison sentence of 20 years and a maximum possible fine of $250,000. An initial hearing will be scheduled before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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