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Former Correctional Officer Arrested for Accepting Bribes

23-year-old Allen Zehr is accused of giving an inmate drugs and a cell phone for cash.

Staff Report
NewsWest 9

ODESSA - A former correctional officer at the Ector County Correctional Center was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a federal bribery charge.

Federal authorities say 23-year-old Allen Zehr supplied an inmate with three bags of marijuana and a cell phone in exchange for $450 back in October.