Pubdate: Fri, 30 May 2003
Source: Daily Press (VA)
Copyright: 2003 The Daily Press
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FIRED DEPUTY ADMITS DRUG SALES TO INMATES

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- A former sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty Thursday 
to selling crack cocaine to work-release inmates he supervised.

Kevin Glin Kinsey, 23, of Front Royal, entered his plea on five federal 
drug-distribution counts in U.S. District Court as part of a plea deal with 
prosecutors. A count of conspiracy to distribute illicit drugs was dropped 
as part of the deal.

He faces up to $5 million in fines and up to 100 years in prison when 
sentenced.

Kinsey, who was fired from the Warren County Sheriff's Office when the 
charges surfaced, had been working part-time as a deputy for less than a 
year, sheriff's Maj. Bill Chapman said.

Hired in April 2002, Kinsey help supervise the county's Restitution and 
Inmate Development Program.

During his shifts, Kinsey distributed crack cocaine, accepted drugs from 
inmates for personal use and falsified drug and alcohol tests for inmates, 
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Bondurant said in court.

The deputy used the jail phone to set up drug deals and once tipped off an 
inmate to a raid planned for the inmate's home, Bondurant said.

Since his February indictment, Kinsey has completed a 30-day 
substance-abuse program in Winchester and now lives in a halfway house, 
according to his attorney, Timothy Coyne of Winchester.
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