Jenis Leroy Plummer Jr., Conspiracy to Obtain Property, Virginia 2020

A former Chesapeake Sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his involvement in a corruption scheme. Jenis Leroy Plummer Jr., 34, of Norfolk, was convicted of conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right.

According to court documents, Plummer used his official position to smuggle heroin, cocaine, cell phones, e-cigarettes, and other contraband into the Chesapeake City Jail from July 2017 through January 2019. In exchange, conspirators gave Plummer over $6,500 in cash.

Plummer knowingly and intentionally conspired with an inmate in the Chesapeake City Jail to engage in this scheme. He contacted the inmate's girlfriend and arranged to meet her at various locations in Hampton Roads to pick up the contraband. At these meetings, the inmate's girlfriend gave Plummer the illicit contraband in blue latex gloves.

Plummer then smuggled the contraband into the jail and delivered the items to the inmate. In exchange for using his official position, numerous individuals connected to the inmate paid Plummer with cash, via CashApp, and via PayPal.

Law enforcement observed the inmate's girlfriend drop a black sock containing contraband at an arranged meeting location in a cul-de-sac on Horse Run Drive in Chesapeake. They recovered the black sock and replaced the suspected bags of narcotics with two bags of fake narcotics and returned the black sock to its original location.

Thereafter, law enforcement observed Plummer travel to the cul-de-sac and retrieve the black sock containing contraband that included the fake narcotics. After being approached by law enforcement, Plummer and his conspirators separately admitted their involvement in the conspiracy.

Plummer was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar on February 26, 2020. He is currently serving a 2 1/2-year prison sentence. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melissa E. O'Boyle and Joseph E. Depadilla. G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Martin Culbreth, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Norfolk Field Office, made the announcement.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/former-chesapeake-sheriff-s-deputy-sentenced-corruption