A Milwaukee County Jail officer has been charged with selling cigarettes, THC pens and cellphones to inmates.
Devin McGee, 32, who was hired as a correctional officer at the sheriff’s office in January 2023, has been charged with one felony county of misconduct in public office and a felony of delivering illegal items to an inmate, each of which carries a potential penalty of 3 1/2 years in prison, a $10,000 fine or both.
According to charges filed Thursday, McGee accepted money from family members of inmates at the County Jail in exchange for contraband items over a five-month period last year. He was paid through the mobile payment service, Cash App, according to the complaint. McGee would charge $50 for a pack of cigarettes, $75 for THC pens and $100 for a cellphone. To avoid getting caught, he would often change his Cash App name.
McGee made roughly almost $1,000, according to dollar amounts listed in the complaint.
On June 24, an inmate alerted jail staff that McGee had been selling cigarettes in the jail. That same day, another correctional officer reported she could smell burning cigarettes during inspections in a housing unit.