By Antonio Planas
Boston Herald
BOSTON — A state prison guard accused of selling heroin to undercover cops wore his uniform and flashed his badge during some of the deals, a prosecutor said today.
Stephen Lebreux, a 40-year-old guard at MCI-Bridgewater, was held on $20,000 cash bail on three counts of distributing heroin and two counts of heroin trafficking during his arraignment in Fall River District Court.
Bristol County assistant district attorney Michael Cahillane said an undercover state trooper began Jan. 27 setting up heroin deals with Lebreux, who stood handcuffed and expressionless during the hearing today.
Lebreux, of Swansea, was selling heroin in Fall River, Cahillane said. State police have said while the case is ongoing, there’s no evidence Lebreux brought heroin into the corrections facility.
“The defendant would leave his place of work at the Bridgewater treatment facility and drove to meet with the undercover trooper. … He was wearing his uniforms at times when he was conducting the transactions,” Cahillane said. “At one point, he was carrying his credentials to the undercover trooper. The trooper asked if he was a cop. He said, ‘No, he worked for the (Department of Corrections).’ He showed his identification, his badge.”
Cahillane requested $50,000 bail, and said Lebreux told the undercover on another instance that he had more heroin to sell that was “fire” and “good stuff.”
Lebreux was arrested in Somerset yesterday by FBI agents and state troopers with the gang unit.
Lebreux admitted to investigators he was a heroin user, Cahillane said.
Defense attorney Michael Digioia said his client, a father of two teen boys, was “completely devastated.”
Lebreux made $70,000 last year, according to state payroll records. The Department of Corrections has said Lebreux will be suspended pending the outcome of his case and a DOC internal investigation.
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