加州监狱前雇员向在押人员贩毒判刑37个月：花生酱罐藏301克冰毒、收贿逾10万美元
San Quentin 位于加利福尼亚州 Marin County，旧金山以北。美国司法部加州北区联邦检察官办公室11月2日宣布，加州惩教部（CDCR）前雇员 Keith Randle 因持有并意图分销逾300克冰毒、向 San Quentin 康复中心（原 San Quentin 州立监狱）的在押人员贩运毒品，被判处37个月联邦监禁。联邦地区法官 Susan Illston 作出判决。
Randle 现年57岁，住在 Vallejo，曾在 San Quentin 担任清洁工。他于2025年3月20日被控一项持有并意图分销50克以上冰毒罪名，并于2026年5月15日认罪。根据认罪协议，Randle 承认在工作中收受贿赂，向在押人员走私并分销冰毒、大麻与烟草等违禁品，按每件约1,000美元收费；这套做法至少从2019年1月持续到2024年8月15日。
2024年8月15日，Randle 在 San Quentin 内被当场查获：一个被挖空、涂成棕色并粘合封口、看似未开封的花生酱罐里，藏着301克冰毒与大麻。调查还显示，2019年1月至2020年4月，在押人员的关联人通过 PayPal 向他支付了31,000美元；2021年7月至2022年8月，一名在押人员的妻子通过 Cash App 向他支付约40,926美元，换取他为其丈夫走私违禁品。2023年与2024年，他主要改为收受现金。2024年10月1日，联邦执法人员从他的两处住所查扣55,210美元现金，他承认这笔钱全部来自贿赂与贩毒所得；他承认收受的贿款总额超过10万美元，并用赃款购买了汽车、摩托车等资产。
判决由联邦检察官 Craig H. Missakian 与联邦调查局（FBI）旧金山分局特工主管 Scott R. Schelble 宣布。除37个月监禁外，法官还判处 Randle 三年监督释放，并下令没收55,210美元；他将于2027年1月5日开始服刑。本案由 FBI 调查，助理联邦检察官 Benjamin K. Kleinman 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
Former California Corrections Employee Sentenced to 37 Months for Smuggling 301 Grams of Meth Into San Quentin in a Peanut Butter Jar
SAN FRANCISCO — San Quentin is in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced on November 2 that former California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee Keith Randle was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 300 grams of methamphetamine to inmates at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston handed down the sentence.
Randle, 57, of Vallejo, California, worked as a janitor at San Quentin. He was charged by Information on March 20, 2025, with one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and pleaded guilty on May 15, 2026. According to the plea agreement, Randle admitted to soliciting and accepting bribery payments in exchange for smuggling and distributing prison contraband, including methamphetamine, marijuana and tobacco, to inmates, charging approximately $1,000 per item. The scheme went on for years, dating back to at least January 2019 and continuing through August 15, 2024.
On August 15, 2024, Randle was caught inside San Quentin with a hollowed-out peanut butter jar, painted brown and glued shut to appear full and unopened, containing 301 grams of methamphetamine as well as marijuana. From January 2019 through April 2020, associates of inmates paid him $31,000 through PayPal, and from July 2021 through August 2022 he received approximately $40,926 via Cash App from an inmate's wife in exchange for smuggling contraband to her husband. In 2023 and 2024 he primarily accepted cash. On October 1, 2024, federal law enforcement seized $55,210 in cash from his two residences, all of which he admitted were proceeds of the scheme. In total, he admitted to soliciting and accepting over $100,000 in bribery payments, using the proceeds to buy cars, motorcycles and other assets.
United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian and FBI Special Agent in Charge Scott R. Schelble made the announcement. In addition to the prison term, Judge Illston sentenced Randle to a three-year period of supervised release and ordered the forfeiture of $55,210. He will begin serving the sentence on January 5, 2027. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin K. Kleinman prosecuted the case, which resulted from an investigation by the FBI. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于加州 Marin County 的 San Quentin 康复中心（原 San Quentin 州立监狱）航拍（资料图）。Jesstess87 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Aerial view of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in Marin County, California (file photo). By Jesstess87, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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