Inmate Sentenced For Assault on Correctional Officer

March 18, 2014
 The Office of the State’s Attorney for Worcester County

 SNOW HILL –  On March 14, 2014, Lawrence Eric Prince, a former inmate at the Worcester County Jail was convicted of Second Degree Assault and sentenced to two and a half years in the Department of Corrections to run consecutive to any sentence he is currently serving after a jury found him guilty. 

 On September 6, 2013, a Worcester County Jail correctional officer was assigned to the maximum security wing where he encountered Mr. Prince who was serving a sentence for credit card fraud. For unknown reasons, Mr. Prince urinated in a cup and threw both the cup and the urine onto the correctional officer. 

 Mr. Prince denied the allegations, claiming that a different inmate had been responsible. A jury rejected that claim in less than fifteen minutes and found him guilty. 

 At sentencing the prosecutor stated that assaults on any branch of law enforcement in the criminal justice system should not be tolerated. He added that a tough sentence in this case would send the appropriate message to the inmate population in Worcester County. 

Sitting in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Judge Richard R. Bloxom, acknowledged that he “takes assaults on correctional officers very seriously”. He sentenced the defendant to two and a half years in the Department of Corrections to run consecutive, or after any sentence he is currently serving. 

 State’s Attorney for Worcester County, Beau Oglesby commented that “Correctional Officers keep the good people of this County safe by minding some of the worst – they deserve our unwavering support and gratitude.”