Bucks Co. Correctional Officer Smuggled Drugs Into Prison: DA

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A Bucks County correctional officer was arrested Tuesday on allegations he smuggled illegal drugs into the Bucks County Correctional Facility.

Anthony Louis Miller, 28, of Quakertown, was arraigned Tuesday by Judge Daniel Finello Jr. and sent to Montgomery County Correctional Facility on $150,000 cash bail.

He is charged with controlled substance contraband to confined persons, criminal attempt to controlled substance contraband to confined persons, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, and criminal use of a communication facility.

An investigation by the Bucks County District Attorney's Drug Strike Force revealed that Miller had agreed to illegally smuggle 100 suboxone strips into the jail for $5,000, authorities said. When he was arrested Tuesday, he was found with 88 suboxone strips inside a pocket on his duty belt, officials said.

During his police interrogation, Miller admitted to smuggling suboxone into the prison several other times since February 2020, according to a criminal complaint.

“This defendant has committed an extraordinary breach of public trust, because our prison guards are supposed to keep drugs OUT of the jail they’re guarding, rather than purchasing drugs to bring into it,” District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. “This is a great example of our county Drug Strike Force working hard to protect the institutional safety of Bucks County’s prison.”

Bucks County Detectives were assisted in the investigation by Pennsylvania State Police, Plumstead Township Police, Bristol Township Police, Quakertown Borough Police, Warrington Township Police, and Doylestown Township Police.

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