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| Former N.J. prison employee sentenced to jail for smuggling scheme |
| By nj.com- Anna Merriman |
| Published: 04/27/2016 |
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TRENTON – A former New Jersey State Prison employee who accepted bribes to smuggle tobacco into the jail, was barred from any future public employment and must serve prison time, a Superior Court judge decided Monday. Keith Harris, a former trade technician at the Trenton prison, was found guilty of bribery and money laundering after a weeklong trial in March for crimes he committed while working at the jail nearly three years ago. During Harris's sentencing Monday, Superior Court Judge Pedro Jimenez gave Harris five years in prison for the bribery count and three years for financial facilitation, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. He will need to serve five years before he is eligible for parole. Read More. |
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