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Florida Prison Guards Plead Guilty to Federal Cocaine Charges
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2010, page 13
As a result of plea agreements reached between April and May 2010, eleven Florida prison guards and five other defendants have pleaded guilty to federal cocaine possession charges. The arrests occurred following a two-year investigation into corruption at Florida prisons located in Palm Beach County.The sixteen defendants entered into ...
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