The officer would distribute the illegal items to inmates in his care prior to receiving electronic payments through a mobile phone application.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Northeast Ohio correctional officer on Wednesday pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to charges related to accepting bribes and smuggling contraband into the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center for over two years.
The incidents stemmed from February 2017 through July 2019, according to a United States Department of Justice press release. Court documents state the officer, identified as Canfield 30-year-old Terry Terringo, received over $8,650 in bribery payments and smuggled marijuana, tobacco and Suboxone, a form of opiate, through a post-office box that he maintained, the release said.
Officials confirmed Terringo would redistribute the illegal items to inmates in his care prior to receiving electronic payments through a mobile phone application.Officials have not confirmed a sentencing date.Copyright 2022 WOIO. All rights reserved.
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