PORT ANGELES – An inmate at Clallam Bay prison has been convicted of assaulting another, elderly inmate.
22-year-old Reuben Cornejo-Lemus was found guilty last week of second-degree assault
After about twenty minutes of deliberation, a Clallam County Superior Court jury found Cornejo-Lemus struck the then-71 year old victim while the man was seated in the day room of a closed custody unit and then proceeded to kick the victim in the face.
Cornejo-Lemus is serving prison time after being convicted of robbery in 2013. He also has prior juvenile convictions for felony property crimes. He’ll be sentenced next week, facing an additional 15 to 20 months of additional prison time. He is also eligible for an exceptional sentence above the standard range because the jury found the victim was particularly vulnerable to the assault. He also now has two strikes under Washington’s “Three Strikes” law.