(Stillwater, Okla.) – A former female guard at the Cimarron Correctional Facility has admitted being paid by a convicted rapist for bringing contraband to him in the private prison in Cushing.
Alyson Frances Posey, 24, of Stillwater, does not have a plea agreement with the prosecution regarding her penalty for receiving money from an inmate for providing goods to him and bringing contraband, described as tobacco, into the Cushing prison two years ago.
Posey, who entered her guilty plea on Jan. 16, remains free on a personal recognizance bond pending her sentencing on April 17 before Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler, who could give her as much as a three-year prison term and $6,000 fine.
The inmate was listed in the two-count charge as Reeco Cole, 36, who is serving an 80-year sentence at the Cushing prison for first-degree rape, attempted rape, forcible oral sodomy, kidnapping, robbery by force, and pointing a weapon, all in Tulsa County in 1999, state Department of Corrections records show.
Oklahoma DOC Internal Affairs Agents Casey Hamilton and Randy Knight interviewed Posey, then a Corrections Corporation of America Correctional Officer, at the Cushing Police Department on March 29, 2013, an affidavit said.
“Posey admitted to introducing contraband into the facility for offender Reeco Cole; however she denied having a sexual relationship with him,” Hamilton wrote in an affidavit.
“Posey stated she was approached by Cole during job training on Dec. 24, 2012. Posey stated Cole provided her with his cellular telephone number and instructed her to call him,” the affidavit said.
“Posey stated Cole told her he was owed money by the father of one of her children,” who is incarcerated at another prison in Oklahoma, the affidavit said.
Posey said that Cole told her she would have to pay off his debt “or he would have him touched, meaning assaulted,” the affidavit said.
“Posey stated she would bring tobacco into the facility twice a week and did so approximately seven to eight times from January to February 2013,” the affidavit said.
“Posey stated she also met with an unidentified female in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on two separate occasions to pick up packages of which she did not know the contents,” the affidavit said.
“Posey provided her GE Money Bank Green Dot card and stated Cole would put money on the card for bringing him packages,” the affidavit said.
“Posey admitted to sending nude photographs of herself to Cole and allowed the photographs to be observed by Agents Hamilton and Knight,” the affidavit said.
“Following Posey’s interview, she provided the transaction from her Green Dot account. Agent Hamilton found 13 cash credits posted to her account on six separate dates totaling $735,” the affidavit said.
“Agent Hamilton was not able to determine who posted the money to Posey’s account,” the affidavit said.
“On April 3, 2013, Hamilton conducted an interview with Reeco Cole,” who denied having any relationship with Posey, the affidavit said.
“Cole stated he never received contraband from Posey and denied having conversations with her on a cellular telephone,” the affidavit said.
“Cole stated he is currently ‘level 4’ and would not do anything to jeopardize his levels. Cole stated he would deal with the consequences; however, he maintained his innocence,” the affidavit said.
In addition to his Tulsa County cases, Cole is serving a concurrent prison term totaling 33 years for armed robbery, kidnapping by extortion, car theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, knowing concealing stolen property and carrying a concealed weapon, all in 1999 in Okmulgee County, DOC records show.
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