A South Florida corrections officer has been arrested after authorities said he plotted with undercover detectives to bring contraband items like cocaine & a gun into a prison & tried to arrange to have someone murdered.
Jose D. Alcazar, 49, was arrested Monday in Hialeah Gardens on numerous charges including solicitation of murder, cocaine possession, possession of a controlled substance, criminal solicitation, introducing a phone into prison, introducing a weapon into prison & unlawful compensation for official behavior.
The investigation into Alcazar, an officer at the South Bay Correctional Facility in Palm Beach County, began in January after a confidential informant told investigators Alcazar was bringing contraband into the facility.
Investigators learned Alcazar would pick up cocaine & other contraband items on the weekend to bring into the facility & set up an undercover operation using an investigator who posted as the informant's nephew.
In March, investigators arranged to have Alcazar bring three SIM cards into the facility in exchange for $1,200.
At the time of the exchange, Alcazar said he wanted to have a man killed & the undercover investigator told him he'd look into it.
When they spoke again earlier this month, Alcazar told the undercover investigator he needed a revolver small enough that he could take it into the correctional facility.
When they met up on Monday, Alcazar told the officer he could have his "uncle," the confidential informant, moved to a different facility in exchange for $10,000.
During the meeting, Alcazar gave the officer a container of cocaine in exchange for $1,900, with $400 going toward the cocaine & the rest a down payment on the $10,000.
Alcazar & the undercover officer also discussed the murder Alcazar wanted done.
"I just wanted to make sure you want the victim disappeared," the officer asked Alcazar.
A short time later, Alcazar was taken into custody & booked into the Miami-Dade jail.
In court Tuesday, a prosecutor said Alcazar wanted his girlfriend's husband murdered.
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Source: NBC Miami
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