Two Rikers Island guards have been charged for smuggling drugs to inmates at the prison.
The New York Times reports that Infinite Divine Rahming, 30, and Steven Dominguez, 26, were officially charged with bribery, drug possession, and conspiracy yesterday. Both were initially arrested on Jun. 23 after being caught with upwards of eight ounces of cocaine at the prison. A third accomplice, Deleon Gifth, was arrested on related charges on Monday. According to the Times, the trio accepted money from people outside of the prison to guarantee the delivery contraband including cocaine and oxycodone to inmates:
Between Feb. 25 and June 23, the three officers each met with people they believed to be friends and relatives of inmates at Rikers, but who were actually undercover investigators from the Department of Investigation, officials said. The investigators arranged for the officers to bring what they believed to be oxycodone pills — they were fake — into the jail in exchange for payments from $500 to $900, the authorities said.
Furthermore, corrections officials say Rahming and Dominguez were also involved in cocaine transactions that took place outside of Rikers Island. Lastly, the Times adds that, in an effort to send a message, the Department of Investigation will punish three more guards and a commanding officer for their participation in similar crimes.
[via The New York Times]
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