LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale has been sentenced on an assault charge.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi sentenced 28-year-old Jakegory Nakai to five years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for assault with a dangerous weapon.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says the sentence will run consecutive to sentences Nakai is currently serving for carjacking, robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Nakai was indicted in February for assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a prohibited object at a federal correctional facility. He pleaded guilty to the assault charge.
Nakai allegedly produced an improvised weapon resembling a knife and stabbed other inmate in the face, chest, back and arms about 13 times.