Ex-Correctional Officer Sentenced In Maryland Bribery Case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A former correctional officer has been sentenced to a decade in prison after pleading guilty to bribery and conspiracy, marking the end of a two-year investigation into corruption inside Maryland's prisons.
Phillipe Jordan Jr. was sentenced Friday. Prosecutor Emmet Davitt announced Monday that all but three and a half years of his 10-year term was suspended, and he'll also need to complete five years of supervised probation.
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Jordan was arrested in October 2017, shortly after prosecutors say he met with the twin sister of an inmate incarcerated at the Jessup
Correctional Institution and received a $2,000 bribe to smuggle in heroin, synthetic marijuana and nine cell-phones.
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A total of 18 people including another former correctional officer pleaded guilty as a result of the investigation.
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