Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL CORBETT, PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ANNOUNCE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICER, NINE OTHERS

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office issued the following news release:

Attorney General Tom Corbett and Pennsylvania State Police today announced that Pennsylvania State Police have filed criminal charges against a former Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officer and nine others [1] allegedly involved in a prison drug ring and a check forging scheme.

Corbett said the investigation began in May 2005 when officials at the State Correctional Institution - Cresson (SCI-Cresson) forwarded information to the Pennsylvania State Police about a prison employee who was allegedly bringing cocaine and other drugs to an inmate at the prison. The drugs were then allegedly being sold to other ...

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