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Female NJ Correctional Officer Had Sex For Year With State Prison Inmate, Authorities Charge Female NJ Correctional Officer Had Sex For Year With State Prison Inmate, Authorities Charge
Female NJ Correctional Officer Had Sex For Year With State Prison Inmate, Authorities Charge A senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison in Newark was charged with having sex with an inmate, authorities said Tuesday. Tasheena Majors, 42, of Newark, had been having intercourse beginning in November of last year with the male inmate "over whom she had supervisory or disciplinary power" before she was recently caught, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. An investigation by the New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division and the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) produced charges of sexual assault…

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NJ Authorities Discover State Prison Correctional Police Officer Belonged To Outlaw Biker Gang NJ Authorities Discover State Prison Correctional Police Officer Belonged To Outlaw Biker Gang
NJ Authorities Discover State Prison Correctional Police Officer Belonged To Outlaw Biker Gang A correctional police officer at the state prison in Newark was also a member of two outlaw motorcycle gangs, said authorities who charged him with lying about it to keep his job. Ruben Morales, 41, of Orange, lied about being in the “Thug Riders” and “Thunderguards” when he applied to renew his state-issued identification card last year, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. “The card identifies him as a law enforcement officer, grants him access to state buildings, and marks him as an emergency responder,” Grewal said. “The renewal process requires the completion, ce…

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Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader
Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader A Jersey City woman was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in a federal penitentiary for her role in smuggling deadly fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Jasmir Humphrey, 31, and other associates smuggled the drug and other contraband into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg for Noel “Kuko” Salgado, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Salgado was the leader of the “Loyal Hoody Gang,” a subset of the Neighborhood Rolling 20 Bloods, a nationwide street gang, the U.S. attorney said. In one instance, in October 2015, Humphrey picked up heroin and fenatynl from Rodgerick “Boo” Garrett a…

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by Jerry DeMarco