CLEARFIELD – A Clearfield man who assaulted a corrections officer while incarcerated for charging over $4,600 to the account of a man who was in his care, pleaded guilty Wednesday.
Frank Cusick, 42, was sentenced to serve one to three years in state prison by President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman during a special session of sentencing court. He has to pay restitution of $4,612.83 to the victim and the bank involved.
Prior to sentencing, Cusick apologized saying “I am not a violent person.” He added that he was under the influence of drugs.
For the assault case, he was also ordered to complete anger management counseling.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, on March 7, the CO was taking an inmate whose health issues require he sleep on a bottom bunk into F block.
He asked whose items were on a bottom bunk, which Cusick admitted were his. He said he wasn’t moving to the top bunk.
When the CO asked if Cusick had a medical condition requiring the bottom bunk, Cusick became verbally aggressive. The CO took Cusick’s items and moved them to the top bunk.
Cusick yelled and said he would take a bottom bunk in B block and then “threw his noodles against the wall.”
This caused the CO to order Cusick to “cuff up” for the transport to B block.
Cusick got his things and began walking towards the block door. Although the CO asked him to “cuff up” multiple times, Cusick refused.
As the CO attempted to grab Cusick’s arms from behind, Cusick began resisting and turned around “as if to throw a punch.”
The CO put Cusick into a headlock and Cusick lifted the CO in an attempt to flip him over. The CO fell backwards while still having Cusick in the headlock.
A group of 18 males from the cell block began to “swarm around them” and encouraged Cusick to hurt the CO.
A sergeant arrived and was able to spray Cusick, who was then cuffed and taken away.
Later Cusick apologized to the CO saying that his “meds are messed up.”
In the second case, the criminal complaint details how in December, a Clearfield man noticed several charges he did not make with his card on his account.
The transactions happened between June and December 2022 and totaled $4,612.83.
A healthcare worker told investigators that Cusick previously worked for the victim but was terminated from his position because he asked the victim for extra money and borrowed his bank card overnight.
Orders placed online were delivered to Cusick’s address, leading to investigators executing a search warrant on the residence where the items were located.
In an interview with police, Cusick admitted that he took photos of the front and back of the victim’s card.
