A felon who seriously assaulted and threatened the life of a fellow inmate at a Riverside County jail because the woman refused to smuggle drugs into the facility was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and other offenses.
After deliberating just over two days, a Riverside jury late Thursday afternoon found 35-year-old Cassandra Othelia Hoskins guilty of the assault with a weapon count, as well as one count each of felony assault, sexual penetration with a foreign object, sexual assault on an unconscious person and making criminal threats. Jurors acquitted her of a separate assault charge.
Superior Court Judge Sam Shouka scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 16 at the Riverside Hall of Justice. Hoskins is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail…