A Former Montgomery County Correctional Officer Pleaded Guilty To Bringing Drugs In Prison

LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — A man who worked as a county prison guard will now himself be a state prison inmate after a judge sentenced him to two to four years behind bars for bringing banned contraband into the correctional facility.

Mustafa Saeed Robinson, 38, formerly of Norristown, was given the state prison sentence by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Thomas P. Rogers after Robinson entered into a negotiated plea deal to resolve the felony counts against him, according to state court records.

Records show Robinson pleaded guilty on Monday to two separate felony counts relating to his conduct — the first, a contraband count of providing contraband to jail inmates and the other a conspiracy count to do the same.

Rogers immediately sentenced Robinson following the guilty plea.

According to local media reports, Robinson smuggled into the Montgomery County Correctional Facility Suboxone, which is a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction, as well as marijuana, and K2, which is known as synthetic marijuana.

The Mercury newspaper of Pottstown reported that Robinson smuggled the banned substances into the county jail between October 2020 and January 2021, during a time when Robinson was employed at the facility located in Lower Providence Township.

The paper, quoting Robinson's defense attorney, said that the former guard was apparently tempted to smuggle the items into the jail in order to make some extra money to help his struggling family.

Two other county jail inmates who allegedly conspired with Robinson are awaiting trial on similar charges relating to the incidents, according to the Mercury.

Had he not pleaded guilty to the two felony counts, Robinson could have possibly spent up to decades in prison if he were convicted at trial.