Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia I. Shihata announced Thursday, May 20, that a NYC Department of Correction Officer was charged for allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for delivering documents that he believed were soaked with narcotics to an inmate at Rikers Island.
Clark said the defendant, Eric Rivera, 54, was arraigned on May 20, on second-degree bribe receiving, third-degree bribe receiving, official misconduct and second-degree promoting prison contraband before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Jay Young Kim. He is due back in court in July.
“Documents soaked in dangerous narcotics such as K2 and fentanyl threaten the safety of inmates and staff,” Clark said. “This defendant allegedly received money to bring in papers treated with drugs, ignoring the hazard of such contraband, and putting lives at risk.”…