A Washington D.C. man was sentenced on April 22 in federal court for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons nurse at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.
Lawrence C. Boykin, age 72, was serving a sentence from 1991 for convictions related to multiple counts of sodomy on a minor and indecent acts with a minor when the incident occurred. While incarcerated, Boykin verbally abused staff and then threw a food tray at the victim on December 21, 2024. The attack resulted in the nurse suffering a broken nose, laceration, and concussion.
U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool sentenced Boykin to an additional 46 months in prison. This sentence will run consecutively to his previous conviction from 1991 and will be followed by one year of post-release supervision.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney and investigated by both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Prisons.
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri handles federal prosecutions and civil litigation across 66 counties in western Missouri according to its official website. The office is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Justice according to its official website and collaborates with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners according to its official website. Its jurisdiction stretches from the Iowa border in the north to Arkansas in the south and covers territory westward from Kansas nearly halfway across Missouri according to its official website. Offices are located in Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Springfield according to its official website.
Community outreach programs aimed at addressing violent crime and drug trafficking are also supported by this office according to its official website.
