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Former Texas Prison Worker Pleads Guilty In Bribery, Smuggling Case
A former worker at a publicly-owned, but privately run Texas prison who admitted accepting bribes to smuggle cell phones to prisoners pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday.
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Reeves County Detention Center (file photo)
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MIDLAND (March 10, 2010)—Frank Williams, Jr., 62, a former food service worker at a publicly owned, but privately run prison in West Texas, pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday after admitting that he accepted bribes to smuggle cell phones and other contraband to prisoners.
Williams entered the guilty plea Wednesday in federal district court in Midland.
Prosecutors say Williams, who worked at the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos until he was fired in 2008, admitted that he was caught trying to smuggle two cell phones, three phone chargers and a Bluetooth headset into the prison for inmates.
Prosecutors said Williams also admitted that an inmate used one of the smuggled phones to continue his work in drug trafficking.
Williams faces as much as 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in May.
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I read this article with a straight face until I saw 'bluetooth'. I mean, gotta keep your hands free in prison! lol
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