CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - A correctional officer accused of bringing controlled substances onto the grounds of Salem Correctional Center has reached a misdemeanor plea deal due to an incomplete investigation.
The Exponent Telegram reports that Philomena R. Liberty, 45, was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of dextroamphetamine without a valid current prescription, but the sentence was suspended and she was placed on six months of unsupervised probation.
She had faced a felony charge of transporting drugs into a correctional facility after authorities found her in possession of four drugs. Assistant Harrison County prosecutor Susan Morris says the state never received the necessary information to put together a meaningful prosecution on the felony charge.
State Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein says Liberty hasn't been employed by the Division of Corrections for over a year.