A man was in a CT federal prison for murder. He assaulted an inmate with a pencil and razor blades.

A man who was formerly in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, according to federal authorities. Authorities, citing court documents and statements made in court, said Jonathan Cruz-Carmona, 33, who is currently serving a federal sentence for murder with a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in 2023, while at FCI Danbury, used “a weapon fashioned from a broken pencil and two razor blades to assault another inmate, causing wounds to the victim’s chin and neck.” The injury was not life-threatening, according to federal authorities.

Cruz-Carmona faces a maximum term of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced, according to federal authorities. The guilty plea was made before U.S.

District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.

S. Attorney Anastasia E. King.

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