United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility – G.E.O. employee Jewel Roberto Jefferson to 40 months in federal prison for attempting to provide contraband to inmates inside the federal detention facility, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, and U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez ordered that Jefferson be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing his prison term.

On Sept. 11, 2018 Jefferson pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide contraband in prison. By pleading guilty, Jefferson admitted that he agreed to smuggle crystal methamphetamine and heroin into the facility and give it to a detainee in exchange for $1,000. On Nov. 21, 2017 DEA agents arrested Jefferson immediately after he accepted payment but before he could smuggle in the contraband.

“Unfortunately, Mr. Jefferson now gets to spend time behind the same bars he once guarded. Crime and corruption have no place in our federal detention facilities, and DEA will continue to work with our partners to aggressively investigate and prosecute these cases,” said SAC Glaspy.

The detainee, 40-year-old Brian Keith Gonzalez, was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment on Dec. 12, 2018 for his role in this scheme. He pleaded guilty to the same charge as Jefferson on May 10, 2018.

The DEA and the U.S. Marshals Service investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Wannarka prosecuted this case on behalf of the Government.

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