A Rikers Island correction officer was busted trying to smuggle in a razor-edged tool, authorities said Sunday.
Officer Charles Bracey, 47, hid the tool in a paper sleeve, wrapped in electrical tape, in his backpack as he arrived for his shift at the Anna M. Kross Center, according to Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters.
Bracey, of Queens, was charged with promoting prison contraband.
He has worked for the department since 2006 and earned nearly $76,500 annually.
The officer’s arrest marks the seventh time in the past five weeks that a correction staffer was caught and charged with smuggling contraband to inmates.
“More arrests can be expected as DOI continues to intensify its widespread investigation into smuggling and violence at Rikers,” Peters said.