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| Stillwater prison food service employee got intimate with inmate |
| By fox9.com |
| Published: 09/15/2015 |
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STILLWATER, Minn. (KMSP) - Washington County prosecutor Brent Wartner is something of an expert when it comes to prison inmate-staffer relationships. "The offenders are working 24 hours a day to put staff in compromising positions,” he explained. Wartner spent 8 years as an attorney at the Department of Corrections and is now a top prosecutor in Washington County. His office recently charged a female food service employee with a gross misdemeanor for having a physical, intimate relationship with a male inmate at the Stillwater prison. A police report detailing the investigation says the woman, 44-year-old Leah Lukach admitted to smuggling in contraband including drugs and cigarettes. "The greatest fear is smuggling in a weapon. If they ever can get a staff member so compromised they feel they have to smuggle in a weapon. Obviously, that puts everyone in danger,” Wartner said. A more frightening nightmare played out earlier this summer when a prison tailor shop employee helped two inmates escape a maximum-security lock-up in New York. A weeks-long manhunt ensued and the woman was arrested and charged. Read More. |
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