HOUSTON (AP) — A now-former parole officer in the Texas prison system has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for accepting bribes from a suspected heroin dealer.

Crystal M. Washington, also known as Crystal Bureau, worked at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice office in Houston before being arrested and fired.

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