A 53-year-old Minnesota woman has admitted that, while working as a federal correctional officer, she took thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for supplying inmates with tobacco.
Former officer Cheryl Wheeler pleaded guilty in federal court in Minneapolis last week to bribery of a public official. Wheeler, who worked at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, admitted receiving about $5,000 from the families of two inmates from mid-2009 until February. She then provided tobacco for the two inmates.
Smoking products, whether they be cigarettes, cigars, pipes, lighters or smokeless tobacco, are banned in the Federal Medical Center. Visitors also cannot bring tobacco products to the center, which provides specialized medical and mental health services to male offenders.
Wheeler faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Sentencing has yet to be scheduled.
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