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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

DISTRICT OF Kansas

Contact: Jim Cross
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JANUARY 27 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FORMER PRISON WORKER PLEADS GUILTY TO ACCEPTING BRIBE

KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Jacob Roscoe, 34, Leavenworth, Kan., a former recreation specialist at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth , has pleaded guilty to one count of accepting a bribe, Acting U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker announced today.

In his plea, Roscoe admitted that he made an agreement with an inmate to smuggle items including marijuana and jewelry into the prison. In return, the inmate agreed to pay him $1,400. The inmate gave Roscoe a contact number for a woman who would pay him and provide the items for him to smuggle into the prison.

Roscoe is set for sentencing April 27, 2009. He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. Parker commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberley Hare for their work on the case.