A former corrections officer has admitted in a guilty plea that he sold smuggled contraband, including deli meat and jewelry, to an inmate at a state prison.
Werner Gramajo, 48, of Newark, has pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct, the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.
Gramajo was a senior corrections officer stationed at Northern State Prison in Newark when he was charged in 2022. At the time, he had been a state employee since 2013 and was receiving a salary of $79,660, according to public pension records. Following the charges, he was suspended from the job without pay…