Prison guard accused in tobacco smuggling, bribery scheme

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Prison guard accused in tobacco smuggling, bribery scheme

August 6, 2015 by admin News 0 comments

A prison guard was indicted on bribery charges Wednesday for allegedly smuggling tobacco to inmates at a federal prison in Leavenworth. Michael Harston, 52, was charged in U.S. District Court in Kansas City with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and four counts of accepting bribes. According to federal prosecutors, Harston took bribes between October 2013 and August 2014 in exchange for carrying contraband tobacco into United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth.

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