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Raymond Wallace, of Salem, pleaded guilty on Friday, May 5 to multiple assault and batter, firearms, and escape charges relating to his escape attempt ten years prior, according to District Attorney Kevin Hayden.
Wallace, who is now 47 years old, was escorted by two Middlesex deputy sheriffs to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston on July 31, 2013 when he attempted to escape.
The "routine" appointment was scheduled for the treatment of an injury he received at the Middlesex Jail, according to Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian.
Wallace attempted to grab a deputy's gun, shooting one of the deputies in the leg in the ensuing struggle. The other deputy shot Wallace in the chest.
Since the escape attempt, Wallace has been in Department of Correction hospital custody. Most of that time he has been at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit in Jamaica Plain.
Wallace received a prison sentence of no less than 12 years and not more than 12 years and a day, to be served concurrently with the 16-18 year sentence out of Essex County Wallace is already serving for violation of probation. He also received a two to three year sentence for the attempted escape charge, to be served consecutively with the 12 years to 12-and-a-day sentence.
With his new sentences, Wallace will be ineligible for parole until at least March 2027.
Assistant District Attorney Lynn Feigenbaum argued for a longer sentence of 13-15 years to be served consecutively with the Essex sentence, which would have kept Wallace in prison well into the next decade, the DA's office said.
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