The former Assistant Director of James River Residential Reentry Facility has pled guilty today to taking bribes as a public official.
According to court documents, Marlon R. Jones, Jr., 44, of Portsmouth, had supervisory authority over an inmate, identified as L.C., who was released to home confinement in January 2021.
Jones had a direct relationship with L.C. from at least April 2021 through September 2022 that quickly exceeded appropriate boundaries.
In addition to having sexual contact and exchanging sexual messages via telephone and text, L.C. paid Jones on several occasions for assistance with making violations disappear. This was discovered when another supervisor took over James River RRC and found that L.C. had had at least fourteen incidents, only three of which had been properly recorded.
Jones engaged in hundreds of exchanges with L.C., including messages that revealed that Jones had sexual contact with L.C. and that L.C. paid Jones in exchange for helping L.C. avoid disciplinary consequences for violations.
Jones received physical currency and electronic transfers from L.C. through his CashApp account. Between Sept. 24, 2021, and March 29, 2022, L.C. paid Jones a total of $650 over five CashApp transactions.
L.C. also referred other individuals to Jones, including his cousin.
Jones is scheduled to be sentenced on August 7 and faces up to 15 years in prison. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.
