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MALONE-A veteran corrections officer at Bare Hill Correctional Facility has been charged with selling heroin to inmates inside the facility.
Michael Bradish, 43, of Plattsburgh, a 16-year officer, was arrested following a four month long investigation by the state Department of Corrections Inspector General's office. He has been charged with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third degree bribe receiving, first degree attempted promotion of prison contraband, second degree receiving a reward for official misconduct and fourth degree conspiracy.
He was arraigned by Moira town justice James Durant and remanded to the Franklin County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
More arrests are anticipated.
It is alleged that Bradish had small packages of heroin mailed to him through the U.S. Post Service. Prosecutors say that took the packets of the drug to work with him and trafficked the drug inside the correctional facility to inmates for cash and various gifts. 9-18-06
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