"A youth counselor at a juvenile detention facility in Brooklyn pocketed more than $70,000 in bribes to sneak in drugs and weapons, Big Apple investigators said Thursday. Lymek Frazier, 31, is accused of taking payments from relatives and friends of youths locked up at the Crossroads Juvenile Center through cash apps, including over $21,000 in bribes in 48 "transactions" over just six months last year, the New York City Department of Investigation announced."
"Frazier was hired in November 2023 to work at Crossroads - one of two juvenile detention centers in the five boroughs - that houses about 175 criminal defendants between the ages of 14 and 20. As with adult jails, the smuggling of cellphones, drugs and weapons into Crossroads has been a concern, and the site's 280 staffers are required to go through security checks when they show up for work."
Lymek Frazier, 31, accepted $72,356 in bribes to smuggle contraband into the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn. He received payments through cash apps, including more than $21,000 in 48 transactions over six months, and used code words such as "1 zip," "sprinkles" and "grabba" to arrange deliveries of drugs and tobacco. Frazier was hired in November 2023 to work at the facility, which houses about 175 defendants aged 14 to 20 and employs roughly 280 staffers who undergo security checks. Investigators reported at least 112 cell phones and nearly 700 blades recovered inside the center between March 2022 and last month. He was caught when a silver blade fell from his pocket, arraigned, released on $100,000 bond and ordered to remain in home detention.
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