United States v. Santiago

DECISION AND ORDER DIRECTING A HEARING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS AND TO DISMISS INDICTMENT

McMAHON, District Judge:

Wilfredo Santiago is charged with one count of reckless assault in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(6), and two counts of making false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). The assault charge stems from the 2008 shooting of Michael Carpeso (at the time, a Navy Corpsman) by Santiago (at the time, a corporal in the United States Marine Corps) while the two men were serving together in the same fighting unit in Iraq. The allegedly false statements were made to a…