Pubdate: Wed, 16 Aug 2006
Source: Sacramento Bee (CA)
Page: B2
Copyright: 2006 The Sacramento Bee
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Author: Kim Minugh, Bee Staff Writer
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EX-GUARD ADMITS GUILT IN PRISON DRUG CASE

SACRAMENTO -- A former state correctional officer pleaded guilty 
Tuesday to offering to sell controlled substances to a prisoner and 
to possessing a deadly weapon on prison grounds without 
authorization, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's 
Office news release.

Wallace Laffitte Jr. was tape-recorded while offering to sell 
methamphetamine and marijuana to an inmate at California State 
Prison, Sacramento, for $500. When arrested later by special agents 
in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Internal 
Affairs Division, Laffitte had the money, which was marked, according 
to the release.

Laffitte, who had a 9-inch folding knife when arrested, admitted to 
selling methamphetamine and marijuana to inmates for almost a year to 
support his crack cocaine addiction, the release states.

Laffitte was fired from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

On Sept. 26, Laffitte will be sentenced to a stipulated three-year 
term in state prison, according to the release.
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