PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - Authorities say a former correctional officer has been indicted in a bribery scheme involving smuggling drugs and cigarettes to inmates at a federal prison in exchange for money.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (https://bit.ly/1FC0rbg) reports 37-year-old Jermaine Brown of Chesterfield County was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says while Brown was employed as a federal correctional officer at the medium security prison in Petersburg, he engaged in a conspiracy to smuggle heroin, marijuana and cigarettes to inmates in exchange for money.
The indictment says inmates had friends or family wire transfer money to Brown’s co-conspirator, who then paid Brown.
Brown received wire transfers from inmates totaling $3,050 in exchange for contraband between December 2010 and March 2011.
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, https://www.timesdispatch.com
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