Federal inmates charged with assault in Eastern District of Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas – Six federal inmates have been charged with assault in connection with an attack on a fellow inmate in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

 

Earnest Dale Collins, 29; Anderson Garcia, 27; Ira Hall, 38; Quincy Homere, 40; Richard Royal, 41; and Eric Terrill Spencer 34, were named in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas this week charging them with assault with a deadly weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in an alleged attack on a fellow inmate on May 2, 2025.  The altercation took place at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont.

 

If convicted, the defendants each face up to 20 years in federal prison.

 

This case is being investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph R. Batte.

 

A federal indictment is not evidence of guilt.  All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.