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Correctional Officer Charged With Taking Bribes To Smuggle Drugs, Tobacco, More Into NJ Jail
A New Jersey correctional police officer pocketed thousands of dollars in bribes from inmates in exchange for smuggling drugs, tobacco and other contraband into the Mercer County jail, authorities charged.
Tyree L. Hobbs, 39, of Hamilton, was on the take for nearly five years, beginning in 2017 -- less than a year after he joined the Mercer County Department of Corrections, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.
And although he paid some inmates in cash, others paid the $300 to $2,500 fee per delivery through mobile apps, the attorney general said.
A grand jury in Trenton ind…
3 More Men Arrested In Convicted Harrisburg Hacker's $2 Million Bank Scheme: AG
Three more men have been taken into police custody inconnection to with a $2 million bank scheme, according to an updated release by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
Less than one week ago, we reported that Carl Gonzalez, 19 of Highspire and Tyreese Lewis, 22, of Harrisburg, had been arrested for allegedly impersonating Pennsylvania bank employees and customers. Now, Jaire Amari Cotton, 22, of Harrisburg; Lavon Whittaker, 22, of Harrisburg; and Zyaire Monserrat, 22, of Steelton, join them in the Dauphin County Prison on the following changes.
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Corrections Officer, Inmate Get Time For Bribery, Drug Smuggling Scheme At DC Jail
A former corrections officer is heading to prison and an inmate will face more time for their roles in a bribery scheme at a DC jail, federal authorities announced.
Inmate Andre Gregory, 31, of Washington, DC, and Officer Beverly Williams, 52, of Upper Marlboro were sentenced this week to time behind bars after admitting to smuggling drugs into the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility.
Gregory got 42 months in prison, while Williams was sentenced to 18 months. A third co-conspirator, Keywaune McLeod, 28, is still awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty earlier this year.
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$52M Scheme: Highland Mills Resident Among 10 Charged By Feds
Ten people have been charged in connection with a massive scheme to defraud a leading cargo airline based in New York of tens of millions of dollars in revenue and the services of its employees, federal authorities announced.
The 10 charged are:
Connecticut resident Abilash Kurien, age 45, of Wilton in Fairfield County;
Hudson Valley resident Carlton Llewellyn, age 55, of Highland Mills in Orange County;
Long Island resident Robert Schirmer, age 58, of Port Jefferson Station;
Queens resident Patrick Lau, 43, of Flushing;
Lars Winkelbauer, age 47, of Bangkok, Thailand;
Skye …
Essex Jail Officer, GF Stung By FBI In Scheme To Smuggle In Tobacco, Cell Phones: Feds
A corrections officer and his girlfriend were busted for smuggling tobacco and cellphones into the Essex County Jail from a source who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, federal authorities said.
Efrin Wade, 34, and Yairisa Lizardo, 29, both of Jersey City, accepted $14,000 for the illegal acts and apparently were counting on another $30,000 when they were busted, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger said following their arrests on Tuesday, March 14.
Wade, who’d worked as a corrections officer at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) in Newark since February 2020, be…
Ex-fbi, PA Police Officer Took Sex Bribes, Gave Heroin To Criminals: Usdoj
It sounds like something out of a Netflix miniseries; sex, lies, and heroin leads to the downfall of a former officer with the FBI and a Pennsylvania drug task force, according to a release by the US Department of Justice.
Christopher Collare, 54, has been convicted for trading sex with women, telling them he would help get their cases dismissed or sentences reduced, the release shows.
Collare also gave out heroin and lied on his application to become an FBI officer, the USDOJ says. This behavior happened between 2015 and 2018.
22 cases were tossed out due to Collare's actions, The Se…
