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05-21-2004, 06:59 PM
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040521-0711-ca-centralcoastbriefs.html
(3rd news article down...) Thanks to Fed-Cure for this article!
LOMPOC – A former federal prison guard arrested in an undercover FBI sting operation agreed to plead guilty to attempting to smuggle heroin into the prison, prosecutors said.
In exchange for the plea, the U.S. Attorney's office agreed to drop bribery and possession of drugs with intent to distribute charges against Julio Cesar Vega, 41, of Lompoc.
The deal also calls for U.S. Deputy Chief Attorney Mary Carter Andrues in Los Angeles to ask the court to sentence Vega to the "low-end" of what he could get, which is up to 20 years in prison, five years supervised probation, and a fine of up to $250,000.
Vegas has also agreed to cooperate with investigators in a continuing probe.
A court date hasn't been set for sentencing, said Thom Mrozek, a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman.
Prosecutors said Vega smuggled heroin into the prison and delivered the drug to inmates for $1,000 to $2,000 an ounce. Vega would sometimes take the heroin as payment and then resell it to other inmates for $2,500 an ounce, authorities said.
"Inmates would tell Vega when the drugs and the money for delivering was obtained, and the inmates would then give the accused a telephone number so he could arrange to get the drugs," FBI Agent David Blanchard said in the complaint.
Vega was arrested Feb. 12 after he allegedly accepted three grams of heroin and $3,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as the girlfriend of an inmate.
(3rd news article down...) Thanks to Fed-Cure for this article!
LOMPOC – A former federal prison guard arrested in an undercover FBI sting operation agreed to plead guilty to attempting to smuggle heroin into the prison, prosecutors said.
In exchange for the plea, the U.S. Attorney's office agreed to drop bribery and possession of drugs with intent to distribute charges against Julio Cesar Vega, 41, of Lompoc.
The deal also calls for U.S. Deputy Chief Attorney Mary Carter Andrues in Los Angeles to ask the court to sentence Vega to the "low-end" of what he could get, which is up to 20 years in prison, five years supervised probation, and a fine of up to $250,000.
Vegas has also agreed to cooperate with investigators in a continuing probe.
A court date hasn't been set for sentencing, said Thom Mrozek, a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman.
Prosecutors said Vega smuggled heroin into the prison and delivered the drug to inmates for $1,000 to $2,000 an ounce. Vega would sometimes take the heroin as payment and then resell it to other inmates for $2,500 an ounce, authorities said.
"Inmates would tell Vega when the drugs and the money for delivering was obtained, and the inmates would then give the accused a telephone number so he could arrange to get the drugs," FBI Agent David Blanchard said in the complaint.
Vega was arrested Feb. 12 after he allegedly accepted three grams of heroin and $3,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as the girlfriend of an inmate.