Niagara Gazette
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Monsuru Giwa, 24, of Niagara Falls, has been arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer on Nov. 24.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
A complaint states that on Nov. 24, U.S. probation officers attempted to search the defendant’s Falls residence. An officer approached Giwa on the porch and directed the defendant to put his hands behind his back. As the officer attempted to place handcuffs on Giwa, he attempted to break free, causing the officer to be pulled off the porch and onto the ground suffering leg lacerations Giwa then fled the scene, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler.
Giwa made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott on Friday and is being detained.
The criminal complaint is the culmination of an investigation on the part of the United States Probation Department, under the direction of Anthony SanGiacomo and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Adam S. Cohen.
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