Ex-Brooklyn prison guard charged with smuggling drugs, alcohol
From brooklyneagle.com
Jeremy Monk, a former federal correction officer employed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP), was charged Tuesday in Brooklyn Federal Court with smuggling contraband to prison inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Monk was arrested Tuesday morning, and his initial appearance took place before U.S. Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon, EDNY. According to prosecutors, Monk worked as a correctional officer at the MDC from May 2020 until he resigned on April 18, 2022.