Edinburg juvenile correctional officer arrested on bribery charges
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts Open/Close/ or ?
Play/PauseSPACE
Increase Volume↑
Decrease Volume↓
Seek Forward→
Seek Backward←
Captions On/Offc
Fullscreen/Exit Fullscreenf
Mute/Unmutem
Decrease Caption Size-
Increase Caption Size+ or =
Seek %0-9
A juvenile correctional officer at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg was arrested for bribery, according to the Office of Inspector General.
The OIG said the arrest was a result of an investigation on separate incidents that occurred in June 2024.
The correctional officer, 34-year-old Jacquevias Watkins, concealed an electronic cigarette and provided it to a juvenile offender in custody.
Investigators determined Watkins received cash transactions to provide the juvenile offender with the contraband, according to the OIG.
Watkins was arrested on Oct. 1 and faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.