(Stillwater, Okla.) – A former female guard at the Cimarron Correctional Facility, who admitted being paid by a convicted rapist for bringing contraband to him in the private prison in Cushing, has been placed on five years’ probation with extensive requirements including having a mental health evaluation and follow-up.
Pawnee native Alyson Frances Posey, 25, who moved from Cushing to Stillwater due to being a domestic violence victim, said that accepting money to take tobacco to an inmate was “the absolute biggest mistake I have ever made,” according to a pre-sentencing investigation.
Without an agreement with the prosecution regarding her sentence, Posey had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of receiving more than $500 from an inmate for providing him tobacco and bringing the contraband into the Cushing prison.
As a condition of her probation under a deferred sentence, Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler ordered Posey on Sept. 18 to maintain employment, perform 200 hours of community service and pay $425 in fines and assessments, court records show.
In the background report compiled by the state Department of Corrections, Posey said, “I was working at the Cushing prison. I was approached by an inmate. I took tobacco into him and continued to tell him I’m not gonna do it anymore.
“They tried to accuse me of sleeping with inmates, but that wasn’t true.
“I tried to quit my job, but the guy (inmate) I was taking the tobacco in for demanded I stay,” Posey said in the background report.
Probation and Parole Officer Billy Laster of the Stillwater office recommended that the judge give Posey probation under a deferred sentence.
“This offense does not appear to be a pattern of criminal behavior. The motive behind the crime was for financial gain as evidenced in Posey receiving the money from an inmate.
“Her behavior may have also been influenced by the reported threats made against the father of one of her children,” the probation and parole officer noted in his report to the judge.
The inmate to whom Posey admitted taking tobacco 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, DOC 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 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 a 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.
“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, knowingly concealing stolen property and carrying a concealed weapon, all in 1999 in Okmulgee County, DOC records show.
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