Defense Rests in Trial of Felon Accused of Assaults over Drug Smuggling

Defense Rests in Trial of Felon Accused of Assaults over Drug Smuggling

The defense rested Thursday in the trial of a convicted felon accused of severely assaulting a fellow female inmate at a Riverside County jail because the woman failed to follow through on the defendant’s commands to smuggle drugs into the facility. Cassandra Othelia Hoskins, 35, is charged with three counts of assault resulting in great bodily injury and one count each of forcible sexual penetration with a foreign object, sexual assault on an u…