They tested it for drugs and raided his home after
Whittle accepted delivery. Agents found that Whittle had cut open a stuffed
teddy bear that was in the package, removed nearly 10 grams of methamphetamine
and hidden it in the stab-resistant vest issued to prison guards. He intended
to smuggle the package into the prison, the district attorney’s office said in
a statement. Whittle admitted that associates of the inmates outside the prison paid him $5,150 for
smuggling the drugs, prosecutors said. He forfeited the money as part of a plea
deal and faces up to two years in prison when he is sentenced April 19.
Whittle has since resigned from the department.
Sunday, 18 March 2007 23:43
Former Mule Creek Guard Pleads Guilty To Meth Smuggling
According to the Associated
Press a former state
prison guard from Mule Creek State Prison has plead guilty to smuggling
methamphetamine into MCSP and delivering it to inmates, Sacramento
County prosecutors said. John Charles Whittle, 47, a 22-year veteran of the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, admitted taking methamphetamine to an inmate at
Mule Creek State Prison. Internal affairs investigators said they
intercepted a package mailed to Whittle’s home in the Sacramento suburb of
Citrus Heights on Aug. 17. They tested it for drugs and raided his home after
Whittle accepted delivery. Agents found that Whittle had cut open a stuffed
teddy bear that was in the package, removed nearly 10 grams of methamphetamine
and hidden it in the stab-resistant vest issued to prison guards. He intended
to smuggle the package into the prison, the district attorney’s office said in
a statement. Whittle admitted that associates of the inmates outside the prison paid him $5,150 for
smuggling the drugs, prosecutors said. He forfeited the money as part of a plea
deal and faces up to two years in prison when he is sentenced April 19.
Whittle has since resigned from the department.
