A Correction Officer was arraigned Aug. 15 on charges of smuggling marijuana into a Rikers Island jail in a scheme that involved five others—three inmates and two civilians—who were brought to court earlier this month.
Officials from the Department of Investigation said Correction Officer Pedro Santiago, 26, accepted between $500 and $800 in exchange for bringing an ounce or more of marijuana into the Anna M. Kross Center on each of three occasions in June and July 2017.
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