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Kayleigh Hamilton of Sanford, left, and Emma Kehoe of Portsmouth (YCSO photos)
ALFRED - Three former York County Jail corrections officers and a jail inmate have been indicted by a York County Grand Jury on misdemeanor charges involving an alleged exchange of money.
The incidents came to light in April, when the York County Sheriff's Office received information that some officers may have accepted payments from a York County inmate, allegedly offered for the planned introduction of contraband.
"It appears investigators stymied the plot before any contraband entered the facility," York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. said in a prepared statement.
The three correctional officers - Kayleigh Hamilton, Emma Kehoe and Zarek Melick, resigned their positions during the course of the investigation by the YCSO Detectives Bureau. Inmate Connor McGlone was transferred to the Maine State Prison.
Melick, 26, of Lyman, was indicted on a Class E crime of receiving improper gifts as a public servant.
Kehoe, 25, of Portsmouth, N.H., was indicted on a Class D crime of conspiracy and one Class E count of receiving improper gifts as a public servant.
Hamilton, 38, of Sanford, was indicted on two counts of receiving improper gifts as a public servant.
Each of the three correctional officers had worked at York County Jail for about 18 months.
McGlone, 29, of Wolfeboro, N.H., and Maine, was indicted on a class D count of conspiracy and on four counts of providing improper gifts to public servants.
King said the agency has no tolerance for the alleged misdeeds.
"We take allegations such as these very seriously," King said. "As soon as we learned of the allegations, we took immediate action. It is important to note that the action by these three individuals is not reflective of the dedication and professionalism of the remaining York County Corrections Officers."
An indictment by a grand jury is a finding that there is evidence to proceed with prosecution.
A Class D crime carries a maximum penalty of up to a year of incarceration; a class E crime, up to six months, upon conviction.
The York County Grand Jury, seated at York Judicial Center in Biddeford, handed up the indictments on Nov. 4.
The Maine Attorney General's Office is prosecuting the case.
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