Apr 24, 2024 · Benito Jamar Hugie, the corrections officer who helped Brown obtain the grill, was sentenced last month to 24 months in prison. Hugie, who is out on bond, was ordered to surrender by 12 p.m. on May 6, 2024.

Mar 21, 2024 · Benito Jamar Hugie pleaded guilty to accepting cash to smuggle items in and out of the San Diego County prison for inmate Shawn Brown. According to Hugie’s plea agreement, Brown used a...

Nov 29, 2023 · Benito Jamar Hugie, 49, pleaded guilty to a charge involving a bribery conspiracy, as did the prisoner, Shawn Brown, and two Fresno men prosecutors identified as Brown’s brothers.

Dec 10, 2023 · Benito Jamar Hugie, 49, pleaded guilty to a charge involving a bribery conspiracy, as did the prisoner, Shawn Brown, and two Fresno men prosecutors identified as Brown’s brothers. Brown, along with several co-defendants, also pleaded guilty Tuesday to running a fraud scheme partially from behind bars involving COVID-19 unemployment benefits.

Apr 25, 2024 · The state corrections officer who helped Brown, Benito Jamar Hugie, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in March and was ordered to surrender to federal officials on May 6. According to...

Mar 22, 2024 · Benito Jamar Hugie, 49, pleaded guilty last year to a charge involving a bribery conspiracy, as did the prisoner who received the grill, Shawn Brown, and two Fresno men whom prosecutors...

Jun 27, 2022 · Benito Jamar Hugie, 47, is accused of accepting "thousands of dollars" in bribes to smuggle dental molds, jewelry and other items into the San Diego County prison for 26-year-old inmate Shawn...

Dec 11, 2023 · In a recent development, a former corrections officer at an Otay Mesa prison, Benito Jamar Hugie, pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court on Tuesday. Hugie, 49, faced charges related to accepting bribes from a prisoner, Shawn Brown, and his brothers.

Mar 22, 2024 · Benito Jamar Hugie pleaded guilty to accepting cash to smuggle items in and out of the San Diego County prison for inmate Shawn Brown. According to Mr. Hugie’s plea agreement, Mr. Brown used a contraband cellphone to arrange the purchase of a custom bejeweled dental grill from a Texas-based jeweler.

Jun 27, 2022 · SAN DIEGO – Benito Jamar Hugie, a corrections officer at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, was indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting thousands of dollars in cash bribes from an inmate to smuggle dental molds, jewelry and other contraband into the prison, including an expensive bejeweled “grill” for the inmate’s mouth.