Former prison guard admits smuggling tobacco for inmate
ATLANTA — Federal prosecutors say a former guard at the federal prison in Atlanta has admitted taking bribes in exchange for smuggling tobacco into the prison. The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release that 40-year-old Melvin Thomas of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, pleaded guilty Tuesday.Prosecutors say Thomas worked as a prison guard from July 2009 to April 2017 at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, which doesn’t allow inmates to use […]
