{"id":119717,"date":"2018-04-12T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=119717"},"modified":"2018-04-12T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:13:53","slug":"federal-correctional-officer-had-romantic-relationship-with-inmate-under-her-supervision-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/federal-correctional-officer-had-romantic-relationship-with-inmate-under-her-supervision-feds-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Correctional Officer Had ‘Romantic Relationship’ With Inmate Under Her Supervision, Feds Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ocala, Florida \u2013 Heather Lee Kussoff (31, Cape Coral) has been charged with making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agency. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
According to the indictment and information presented in court, Kussoff worked as a correctional officer at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Sumter County. In 2014, she developed a personal relationship with an inmate at one of the penitentiaries. In direct violation of her job responsibilities and training, Kussoff corresponded with the inmate in a romantic capacity, shared extensive details of her personal life, and communicated directly with members of the inmate\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
When confronted by federal authorities in March 2015, Kussoff lied under oath about the existence of the relationship and then abruptly resigned from the Bureau of Prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ocala, Florida \u2013 Heather Lee Kussoff (31, Cape Coral) has been charged with making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agency. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. According to the indictment and information presented in court, Kussoff worked as a correctional officer at the Coleman Federal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":33425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n