Chauncy Myers, 31, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing two people, including a corrections officer at the D.C. Jail. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Myers entered his guilty plea on March 14, 2025, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to one count of aggravated assault while armed and one count of attempted assault with a dangerous weapon. Judge Jennifer Di Toro imposed a sentence of seven years’ incarceration followed by three years of supervised release on September 2, 2025. Prosecutors had requested a thirteen-year term.
According to evidence presented by the government, the first incident occurred on July 13, 2024. Myers approached an individual who was socializing with friends in Triangle Park in Southeast Washington, D.C., and stabbed the person in the abdomen with a knife, causing significant organ damage before fleeing the scene.
After his arrest and detention at the D.C. Jail, Myers was involved in another violent episode on December 23, 2024. When a D.C. Department of Corrections officer tried to enter his cell, Myers stabbed the officer with a shank, resulting in a puncture wound to the officer’s forearm.
Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department joined U.S. Attorney Pirro in announcing the sentence.
In their statement about the sentencing, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith recognized those who investigated from the Metropolitan Police Department and also acknowledged Assistant United States Attorneys Jacob Green and Jasmine Dohemann for prosecuting the case.
