Pubdate: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Page: B2 Copyright: 2006 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Note: Does not publish letters from outside its circulation area. Author: Kim Minugh, Bee Staff Writer Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/corrupt.htm (Corruption - United States) 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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom