Florida man sentenced to over two years in prison for striking a U.S. Marine MP with his truck

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Florida man was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison for assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

According to court documents, on May 15, 2024, Roger Pierre Laberge, 69, approached Gate 1 at Marine Corps Base Quantico driving a pickup truck with a tow-trailer. At the checkpoint, Laberge explained to two U.S. Marine Corps Police Officers (MPs) that he did not have a driver's license or vehicle registration. The MPs determined that Laberge did not have authorization to enter the base and directed him to drive his truck into a nearby turnaround zone, which was enclosed by traffic barriers. One of the MPs moved a barrier, allowing Laberge to drive into the designated turnaround zone, then repositioned it to secure the enclosure.

The MP informed Laberge that he would need to run a check of the truck's license plates before he would be permitted to leave the Quantico base. As the MP indicated that he was about to move the traffic barrier for Laberge and stepped in front of Laberge's vehicle, Laberge accelerated the truck forward. Laberge slammed on the brake, narrowly avoiding hitting the MP with the vehicle.

The MP extended his arm and hand as a signal to stop and loudly called for Laberge to stop. In response, Laberge yelled, "I'm going!" and accelerated his vehicle forward, striking the MP with his truck, and continued through the traffic barrier. As Laberge continued accelerating, he made a sharp turn towards the nearest exit and slammed his vehicle into a curb, which momentarily flipped the trailer onto its side causing objects to fall out onto the street. Laberge then fled the scene of the incident, disregarding the MP's commands to stop.

Among other previous convictions, Laberge was convicted in 1996 of aggravated fleeing to elude and resisting an officer with violence; in 2016 for fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer; and in 2024 for fleeing with disregard of safety to persons or property and driving while suspended for a third time or more.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service Washington D.C. Field Office investigated this case. Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jake Drucker and Richard Krupczak and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin S. Starr prosecuted the case.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District CourtLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACERLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. by searching for Case No. 1:25-cr-205.