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Fourth Individual Convicted In Scheme To Smuggle Contraband Into Lexington Federal Prison
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Fourth Individual Convicted In Scheme To Smuggle Contraband Into Lexington Federal Prison

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A federal inmate pleaded guilty today to bribing a corrections officer at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky (“FMC Lexington”) to smuggle prohibited items into the prison.

Keith Griffith, a 35-year-old federal inmate, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to introduce prohibited objects into a federal correctional facility and bribing a public official, making him the fourth individual convicted on charges relating to this scheme.

Griffith’s guilty plea comes after three other defendants were convicted of similar charges. James Carrington of Winchester, Ky., a former corrections officer at FMC Lexington, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official on June 15, 2017. That same day, another federal inmate, Amai Rawls, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to introduce prohibited objects into a federal correctional facility. Stephanie Dukes of Louisville, Ky., pleaded guilty to bribing a public official on June 30, 2017.

According to court documents, between May 2015 and August 2016, Dukes purchased various items that federal inmates were not permitted to possess, at Griffith’s direction, and then paid Carrington to smuggle those items into FMC Lexington, where Griffith and Rawls were already serving sentences for federal offenses.

The prohibited items smuggled into FMC Lexington include MP3 players, cell phones, tobacco, dietary supplements, and synthetic marijuana. Griffith, Rawls, Carrington, and Dukes will all appear in court for sentencing in the coming months.

Griffith faces a maximum of 15 years in prison and will appear for sentencing on January 10, 2018 at 11:30 am. James Carrington and Amai Rawls will be sentenced on September 29, 2017. Stephanie Dukes will be sentenced on October 4, 2017. The Court must consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the applicable federal statutes before imposing a sentence.