He is accused of receiving contraband, keeping some for himself and distributing the rest to Leon and two other inmates, Joel Cervantes and Giovanni Kinsey. He is also a defendant in the inmate contraband case. Horntvedt was a Tri-Cities gang leader who was sentenced in May to 25 years in prison for forcing women through threats and violence to provide sex for money. He told inmate Lance Horntvedt the cellphones were in the closet and Horntvedt retrieved them, according to court documents. One of the confidential informants said that one morning before breakfast Christian had gone into a mop closet with a bag of rags containing cellphones and drugs.
The other provided information after he was sentenced and received no consideration or compensation.Ĭhristian is facing up to five years in a federal prison. Two inmates acted as confidential informants in the jail contraband case, including one who requested and received an expedited medical appointment with the jail nurse for a minor medical issue in exchange for information. His drug charges were dismissed as part of plea agreements in the jail contraband and firearms cases. Leon was sentenced in June 2021 to 13 years and 4 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a gun, conspiracy to provide prohibited objects to an inmate and possessing a prohibited object as an inmate. He also is suspected of allowing or encouraging fights between inmates, including by sharing confidential information with inmates and purposely leaving cell doors open.ĭrugs and cellphones Christian gave to inmates were provided to him by two women in the community, one the girlfriend of Alejandro Leon, an inmate who was in the Benton County jail on federal drug charges. He is accused of providing inmates in the jail in Kennewick, Wash., with heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and Suboxone, a prescription drug that can be used for pain but that also is a treatment for opioid addiction. Ex-corrections officer Eric Christian is facing up to five years in a federal prison.
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