Inmate Assault Conviction

DELHI – District Attorney Shawn J. Smith, announced today that Tristan Skeete, 38 of Brooklyn was sentenced to seven months for assaulting a fellow inmate at the Delaware County Correctional Facility on February 20, 2024. On April 11, 2024, the Delaware County Grand Jury returned a one count indictment alleging Assault in the Second Degree, a Class D Felony.  

On February 20, 2024, Corrections Officers of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fight occurring in one of the housing units at the Delaware County Correctional Facility. Upon arrival, officers broke up the fight between Mr. Skeete, Ronnie Fernandez, and Lawrence Mumphrey. Corrections Officer Bryce Charles eventually deployed a taser to break up the fight. 

On August 5, 2024, Tristan Skeete appeared before the Honorable County Court Judge John L. Hubbard and entered a guilty plea to Assault in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor. The Court then imposed a sentence of seven months incarceration, a twenty-five-dollar Crime Victim fee and surcharge, and a fifty-dollar DNA fee. 

District Attorney Shawn Smith thanked DCSO Corrections Officer Bryce Charles for his quick action in breaking up the fight and thanked Investigators Christopher Erwin and Cody Tromblee for their investigation into the case.

DA Smith stated, “Inmate violence is often overlooked and seen as part of the course of business of being incarcerated. This is not the case in Delaware County. All individuals serving their time at the jail must still abide by the laws of our State.” 

Shawn J. Smith

District Attorney

Delaware County