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| Officer denies aiding Sing Sing escape plot |
| By The Journal News |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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A New York correction officer accused of taking bribes and helping two convicts try to get out of Sing Sing told investigators that she accepted $1,000 to bring one of the inmates contraband, but she denied assisting their escape bid, according to court records. "I'm not stupid. They don't have state greens (prison uniforms) that fit me," Quangtrice Wilson said she told inmate Nicholas Zimmerman when he offered her $100,000 to help him "relocate." The statement became available with the indictment of Wilson, 31, one of seven people arrested after the May 7, 2003, escape attempt. At her arraignment last Friday, Wilson pleaded not guilty to charges of third-degree bribe receiving, first-degree attempted escape, second-degree forgery, first-degree promoting prison contraband, official misconduct and fourth-degree criminal facilitation. She was arrested Jan. 26 and has been held in the Westchester County jail on $250,000 bail since then. Westchester County Judge Kenneth Lange refused to consider defense lawyer Roger Kraminitz's request for bail reduction, saying there were no new circumstances in the case since another county judge kept that bail amount in February. The escape of Zimmerman - a rapper known as "Puzz Pachino" - and Steven Finley was averted when prison officials grew suspicious of a man dressed as a correction officer. He left when he was challenged, but the event triggered a prison lockdown and a subsequent investigation. Authorities said Zimmerman, serving a 14-year sentence for weapon possession, got two of his girlfriends, Jatanya Belnavis and Latrina Boyd, to plan the escape. Wilson is accused of providing information about officers' uniforms, shift changes and the layout of the prison. |
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