Posted: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 5:12PM
Prison Worker Admits to Taking Bribes
A former food service worker at a publicly owned but privately run West Texas prison says he accepted bribes to smuggle cell phones and other contraband to prisoners.
Sixty-two-year-old Frank Williams Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Midland. Prosecutors say Williams, who worked at the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos until being fired in
2008, admitted being 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 one of the phones was used by an inmate to continue his work in drug trafficking.
Williams faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in May.
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