HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -
A former parole officer with the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole has been arrested on public corruption charges.
Kenneth Dupree, 46, of Philadelphia, is accused of soliciting and accepting cash bribes from parolees, according to Attorney General Linda Kelly.
A grand jury found Dupree took the money in exchange for overlooking positive drug screens, failing to administer drug tests, and allowing parolees to remain on the street when they should have been incarcerated for parole violations, Kelly said.
He also used threats of incarceration to extort and intimidate parolees into paying him money, authorities said.
Dupree worked at the Northeast Division Office of Probation and Parole.
