Rikers Island Officer Gets 29 Months For Smuggling Contraband To Her Bloods Member Boyfriend
Krystle Burrell, 36, smuggled two cell phones to Terrae Hinds, 30, in 2021, while he was incarcerated in Rikers on a gun case. While awaiting sentencing after her arrest, Burrell found a way to smuggle even more contraband to him as a private citizen, according to federal prosecutors. Burrell was a six-year veteran of the city Correction Department when she slipped him the cell phones in 2021. She also helped Hinds, a member of the Bloods, sell contraband to other inmates, taking payments on his behalf and raking in $9,780 in bribes. On Tuesday, a Brooklyn Federal Court judge sentenced her to 29 months behind bars. In a teary-eyed admission, Burrell apologized to U.S. District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto and pleaded for forgiveness. Rikers Island News, Rikers Island In New York, Rikers Island Address is 1500 Hazen St, East Elmhurst, NY 11370
From The Department of Justice – US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York – Eastern District of New York | Former New York City Correction Officer Sentenced to 29 Months in Prison for Smuggling Contraband into Rikers Island in Exchange for Nearly $10,000 in Bribe Payments | United States Department of Justice
