A former prison guard was indicted Wednesday on federal charges alleging he received more than $200,000 in bribes for smuggling tobacco to prisoners in Leavenworth Penitentiary, acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
Marc Buckner, 46, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of accepting bribes, the U.S. attorney’s office stated. The indictment alleged that from 2005 to 2014 while Buckner worked at the prison he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes. He received approximately $750 from inmates each time he smuggled tobacco into the prison, according to the indictment.
If convicted, he faces a penalty of up to 15 years in federal prison and a fine up to three times the value of the contraband. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble is prosecuting.