VACAVILLE, Calif. — A Suisun City man who previously worked as a correctional officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville pleaded guilty Thursday to bribery.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of California, 44-year-old Stephen Joseph Crittenden accepted more than $45,000 in bribes from inmates to smuggle in cellphones between 2021-23.
Crittenden will be sentenced September 12, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.