Warwick, RI – A Warwick man was sentenced to three years probation  in U.S. District Court Thursday after pleading guilty in March to giving porn and pills to an inmate in exchange for $500 while he was a correctional officer at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, R.I.
Scott William Allen Denton, 32, of Warwick, a former correctional officer and employee at the prison, was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., according to a release from United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha’s office.
Denton pleaded guilty on March 6, 2015, to one count of bribery by a public official and has since resigned from his position at the Wyatt Detention Center.
At the time of his guilty plea, Denton admitted that he agreed to accept $500 in cash payments from an inmate’s family to deliver pills and pornography to the inmate. Denton admitted that he delivered the contraband after the inmate’s wife made a $200 cash deposit into his bank account on March 7, 2013, and a $300 cash deposit on May 17, 2013.
The crime was investigated by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General, and prosecuted  by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard B. Sullivan.
Author: Rob Borkowski
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