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Corrections Officer Jailed for Smuggling Opioids into MCI-Norfolk
A former corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle opioids into the facility.
Steven J. Frazer, 29, of Cumberland, R.I., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 30 days in prison, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay forfeiture of $2,500.
Frazer pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with one count of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute. According to court documents, Frazer began arranging with a cooperating witness to smuggle Suboxone strips into MCI-Norfolk in November 2018.
Suboxone is a Class III controlled substance used to treat heroin addiction, but some people abuse it to get high. It is coveted as contraband in prisons across the nation and particularly in New England.
On November 18, 2018, the cooperating witness met Frazer in a South Attleboro parking lot and provided him with 40 Suboxone strips, 24 pages of K2, and $2,500 in cash. After the meeting, which was audio and video recorded by law enforcement, federal agents arrested Frazer.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; and Commissioner Carol A. Mici of the Massachusetts Department of Correction made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugenia M. Carris of Lelling’s Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit is prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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