Crime & Safety

MA Prison Guard Moonlighted as Heroin Dealer: Police

A Swansea corrections officer allegedly moonlighted as a heroin dealer, police said.

SWANSEA, MA — A corrections officer at the Bridgewater Correctional Complex allegedly moonlighted as a heroin dealer.

Stephen Lebreux, 40, was arrested in Somerset Tuesday and charged with trafficking heroin following an investigation by the FBI and State Police gang unit.

Police said an undercover officer purchased heroin from Lebreux several times while Lebreux was off-duty. He was arrested Tuesday during another undercover buy, police said.

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Lebreux was held pending an arraignment in Fall River District Court Wednesday morning.

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