By Joseph Kohut
The Times-Tribune
SCRANTON, Pa. — A federal inmate serving time for illegally crossing the border added another 18 months to his sentence for punching a corrections officer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Wednesday.
Orlando Garcia-Mata, 24, formerly of Texas, admitted he swung a punch at a guard at the United States Penitentiary Canaan in Wayne County on March 22. A grand jury indicted him in April, and U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced him Wednesday in Scranton.
Mr. Garcia-Mata already is serving a 46-month sentence for unlawfully entering the country after he was deported. He was sentenced for that charge on Oct. 23, 2014.