PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia corrections officer is facing charges after prosecutors said he helped an inmate smuggle nearly $70,000 worth of illegal substances into a Philadelphia prison in exchange for money.
Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams on Friday said 33-year-old Haneef Lawton has been charged with bribery and conspiring to distribute narcotics and cell phones in a contraband smuggling scheme at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC).
Lawton's co-conspirator Kernard Murray, a 36-year-old inmate, and his girlfriend Charene Stallings, 42, were also charged, according to a Friday morning release.