WASHINGTON (KLFY) — A former Deputy U.S. Marshal was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for assaulting a federal inmate and writing a false report about the incident, according to the United States Department of Justice.
Following a three-day trial, a federal jury in the Western District of Louisiana convicted Joshua Firmin, 49, of one count of Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law and one count of Falsification of Records in April.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on Feb. 29, 2024, Firmin, who was then assigned to operations duties at the federal courthouse in Lafayette, learned that a prisoner awaiting a court appearance in the courthouse cell block had made insulting remarks about Firmin to another courthouse employee…