Bronx DA: Rikers Island Inmate Sentenced to 1 and a Half to 3 Years in Prison for Throwing Feces at NYC DOC Officer

RIKERS ISLAND INMATE SENTENCED TO 1 AND A HALF TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THROWING FECES AT NYC DOC OFFICER

          Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Rikers Island inmate has been sentenced to one and a half to three years in prison after pleading guilty to Aggravated Harassment of an Employee by an Incarcerated Individual for throwing feces at a Correction Officer.

         District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant tossed fecal matter at a Correction Officer, striking her in the face and abdomen. She pleaded guilty to committing this disgusting act of violence against a Correction Officer, who described the incident as the worst moment of her career.”

District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Nicole Smith, 35, last of 1430 Waters Place, was sentenced today to one and a half to three years in prison by Bronx Supreme Court Justice John Collins. The defendant pleaded guilty to Aggravated Harassment of an Employee by an Incarcerated Individual on July 22, 2022.

According to the investigation, on August 19, 2019 at approximately 12:15 p.m. at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island, the defendant threw fecal matter from a milk carton onto the face and upper torso of a New York City Department of Correction Officer.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jeff Davis of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, under the supervision of Jonathan Abramovitz, Supervisor in the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, Jose Arocho, Deputy Chief of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, and Francis T. Alberts, Chief of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, under the overall supervision of Denise Kodjo, Deputy Chief of the Investigations Division, and Wanda Perez-Maldonado, Chief of the Investigations Division.

         District Attorney Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney Nadia Alirahi of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau and Rikers Island Community Coordinator Lourdes Galindez for their assistance in the case.

District Attorney Clark also thanked Department of Correction Officer Investigators Christie Gaie and Walter Holmes for their work on the investigation.