Ex-Chino prison officer pleads guilty to lying to grand jury
An ex-Chino prison officer has pleaded guilty to lying to a federal grand jury investigating misconduct by another officer.
A former corrections officer for the Washington County Sheriff's Department in Potosi, Mo., pleaded guilty in US District Court in St. Louis, to one count of obstruction of justice, admitting that she intentionally misled law enforcement officials about her role in the assault of an inmate housed in the Washington County Jail, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.