SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — 25 year-old South Deerfield resident James Gerard Pepe III, aka “Judith Pepe,” has been charged with assaulting a federal officer on February 4th.
According to charging documents and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, federal law enforcement agents were executing a search warrant of a bedroom in a South Main Street apartment where Pepe also resided. During the search Pepe allegedly verbally assaulted and spit in an agent’s face.
Pepe appeared in federal court in Springfield and has been released on conditions.
The charge of assaulting a federal officer provides for a sentence of up to eight years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.