Tony Henderson, Bribery, Illinois 2022
A correctional guard at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago has been indicted on bribery charges for allegedly violating Federal Bureau of Prisons rules regarding inmate possession of contraband.
CHICAGO — Tony Henderson, 51, of Portage, Ind., an MCC correctional guard since 1996, was charged with five counts of bribery in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury.
The charges, returned yesterday, were announced today by Gary S. Shapiro, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and John F. Oleskowicz, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the U.S. Office of the Inspector General.
According to the indictment, on five different dates in July and August 2012 – July 12 and 28 and Aug. 4, 18 and 31 – Henderson accepted a bribe to violate BOP rules and regulations regarding inmate possession of contraband.
The Metropolitan Correctional Center, or MCC Chicago, located at 71 West Van Buren St., is an administrative detention facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The government is being represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Parente.
Each count of bribery carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or a fine of up to three times the value of the bribe.
The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The defendant's arraignment in U.S. District Court has not been scheduled yet.
Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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