N.J. U.S. Attorney: Essex County Correctional Officer Admits Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband Into Prisoners at Essex County Correctional Facility
July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
NEWARK, New Jersey, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 18, 2024:
A former Essex County correctional officer admitted accepting $14,000 in bribe payments to smuggle in contraband tobacco and a cell phone to inmates being detained at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Efrin Wade, 36, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty . . .
A former Essex County correctional officer admitted accepting $14,000 in bribe payments to smuggle in contraband tobacco and a cell phone to inmates being detained at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Efrin Wade, 36, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty . . .