Man Sentenced to Prison Term for Stabbing Two People, including a Corrections Officer

WASHINGTON - Chauncy Myers, 31, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced for stabbing two people, one of whom was a D.C. Department of Corrections officer at the D.C. Jail, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Myers pleaded guilty 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. On September 2, 2025, Judge Jennifer Di Toro sentenced Myers to seven years of incarceration, to be followed by three years of supervised release. The government requested a thirteen-year prison term.

According to the government's evidence, on July 13, 2024, the victim was socializing with friends in Triangle Park in Southeast Washington, D.C., when Myers approached the victim with a knife and then stabbed the victim in the abdomen, causing severe organ damage. Following the stabbing, Myers fled the scene.

Myers was later arrested and detained at the D.C. Jail. On December 23, 2024, while in custody, and after a D.C. Department of Corrections officer attempted to enter Myers' jail cell, he stabbed the officer with a shank causing a puncture wound to the officer's forearm.

Joining in the announcement was Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department.

In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith commended the efforts of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also commended the work of Assistant United States Attorneys Jacob Green and Jasmine Dohemann, who prosecuted the case.