Former correctional officer pleads guilty to breach of trust charge

COBOURG, Ont. – A former correctional officer accused of smuggling contraband into a medium security prison in Ontario has pleaded guilty to a breach of trust charge.

Darrell Fairman, 54, of Trenton entered the guilty plea during a court hearing in Cobourg, Ont., on Monday.

He did not enter a plea for a second charge of possession of contraband.

Fairman was working as a correctional officer at Warkworth Institution, near Campbellford, Ont., when police conducted a search following suspicions that a staff worker was smuggling items into the facility.

The OPP said that during the search they discovered unidentified contraband in Fairman’s possession.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 13.

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