Eight current and former law enforcement officers, four
correctional officers and two other individuals have been convicted for their
participation in trafficking narcotics and narcotics proceeds for a large-scale
drug trafficking organization, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.
Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney
John Stuart Bruce of the Eastern District of North Carolina.
In April 2013, the FBI initiated an undercover investigation
regarding allegations of systemic corruption within the Northampton County,
North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office (NCSO).
Undercover agents posed as members of a large-scale drug trafficking
organization that was responsible for introducing kilogram quantities of
narcotics to be transported up the I-95 corridor. In connection with their guilty pleas, the
defendants admitted that they understood that they were recruited to work for
the drug trafficking organization because of their status as law enforcement
officers or ties to law enforcement. The
investigation grew as the original targets recruited others to
participate. The defendants transported
purported narcotics and narcotics proceeds for the drug trafficking
organization in exchange for bribe payments, and some defendants carried
firearms during this time.
The following individuals pleaded guilty in the Eastern
District of North Carolina:
Lann Tjuan
Clanton, a former correctional officer with the Virginia Department of
Corrections, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and firearm charges today;
Ikeisha Jacobs, a
former sergeant with the NCSO, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy, firearm and
bribery charges today;
Jason Boone, a
former captain with the NCSO, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and bribery
charges today;
Adrienne Moody, a
former correctional officer with the North Carolina Department of Public
Safety, pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge today;
Cory Jackson, a
former deputy sheriff of the NCSO, pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge today;
Jimmy Pair Jr., a
former lieutenant with the NCSO, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and bribery
charges today;
Curtis Boone, a
former deputy sheriff with the NCSO, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and
bribery charges today;
Alphonso Ponton, a
former sergeant with the Virginia Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty to
a drug conspiracy charge today;
Thomas Jefferson
Allen II, a former sergeant with the NCSO, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy
and bribery charges today;
Wardie Vincent
Jr., a former detective sergeant with the NCSO, previously pleaded guilty to
drug conspiracy and firearms charges;
Alaina
Sue-Kam-Ling, a former correctional officer with the North Carolina Department
of Public Safety, previously pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge;
Kavon Phillips, a
former correctional officer with the North Carolina Department of Public
Safety, previously pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge;
Crystal Pierce, of
Raleigh, North Carolina, previously pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge;
and
Tosha Dailey, a
former 911 dispatch operator for Northampton County, previously pleaded guilty
to a drug conspiracy charge.
The FBI Charlotte Division’s Raleigh Resident Agency
investigated the case. Trial Attorneys
Lauren Bell and Menaka Kalaskar of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity
Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Toby W. Lathan of the Eastern District of
North Carolina are prosecuting the case.
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