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Florida: Federal Prison Guard Sentenced for Accepting Bribe

Loaded on Oct. 12, 2018 by Monte McCoin published in Prison Legal News October, 2018, page 59
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime. Location: Florida.

by Monte McCoin

Former FCC Coleman guard Albert Larry Harris, Jr., 27, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on February 15, 2018 after Senior U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore accepted his guilty plea for taking a bribe as a public official.

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