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PETERSBURG, Va. — A former inmate and a correctional officer were sentenced this week for conspiring to smuggle heroin into Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg.
U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney sentenced Walter Brooks, 57, of Washington, D.C., on Monday to 20 years in prison following his conviction by a federal jury of conspiring to provide contraband to inmates, conspiracy to distribute heroin, five counts of providing contraband to inmates, and three counts of use of a communication facility to commit a felony.
A former correctional officer, Keif Jackson, 49, of Dumfries, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Thursday for his role. He entered a guilty plea on March 26 to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
Evidence at trial showed that beginning in 2008 and continuing until October 2011, Brooks conspired with Jackson and others to smuggle heroin into the prison located in Prince George. In 2008, Brooks was an inmate at FCC Petersburg when he recruited Jackson to smuggle heroin to him in the prison. At Brooks’ request, Jackson contacted acquaintances of Brooks and met with them on multiple occasions to obtain heroin. He then smuggled the drugs into the prison.
In October 2010, Brooks was released from FCC Petersburg. At that time, he began to supply heroin directly to Jackson to smuggle into the prison. Approximately one year later, on Oct. 10, 2011, Jackson was stopped by law enforcement on his way to work. During a search of his vehicle, officers recovered a package containing heroin.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Richmond Field Office and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Roderick C. Young prosecuted the case.
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