Two former officers at a federal prison accepted thousands of dollars from inmates to smuggle contraband and sperm used to impregnate the inmates' girlfriends, according to prosecutors. One of the inmates involved in the alleged scheme was a New York mob associate, Antonino Parlevecchio, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
The former officers, Troy Kemmerer and Todd Swineford, were arrested recently, charged with bribery and released. Kemmerer, 33, allegedly accepted $5,000 on Oct. 5 from an undercover agent posing as an inmate's girlfriend.
The agent asked that sperm be smuggled out of the Allenwood prison in a cryogenic sperm kit.
Kemmerer, who quit last week, declined to comment Tuesday. Swineford could not be located for comment.
Prison spokesman Edward Berry said Swineford quit two months ago. He said prison officials are cooperating with investigators.
Swineford is accused of being “very close'' to incarcerated organized crime. Among the contraband he allegedly allowed in last year was a package containing a sperm kit.
Investigators said sperm-filled vials were taken from the prison and delivered ``on several occasions'' to the Park Avenue Fertility Laboratory in New York City.