Jennifer Deramus, Methamphetamine Smuggling, Georgia 2021

GA FEDS NAB CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, INMATE IN METH TRAFFICKING SCHEME

A correctional officer and a federal inmate are facing prison time after being convicted of attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States Penitentiary Atlanta, a federal prison in Georgia.

Jennifer Deramus, a 53-year-old correctional officer from Prattville, Alabama, and Julius Stoudemire, a 45-year-old inmate also from Prattville, Alabama, were sentenced for their roles in the plot.

According to federal prosecutors, Deramus visited Stoudemire at the prison on June 2, 2019, and attempted to smuggle a package of methamphetamine into the facility. The plot was uncovered when a guard saw the pair acting suspiciously and sent another guard to investigate. The package was confiscated and lab testing confirmed it contained methamphetamine.

Deramus was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, attempting to provide a prohibited object to a federal inmate, and aiding and abetting a federal inmate's attempt to obtain a prohibited item. She was sentenced to five years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release.

Stoudemire pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to obtain a prohibited object as a federal inmate and was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/federal-inmate-and-alabama-correctional-officer-sentenced-attempting-smuggle-0