"A correction officer at the MDC Brooklyn federal jail who's accused of chasing a BMW for 5 miles and shooting and wounding one of its passengers did so as part of an unhinged one-man war on contraband, federal prosecutors charge. Leon Wilson also cocked his gun and threatened to kill an inmate he suspected of receiving contraband and performed an illegal stop-and-frisk two blocks away from the Sunset Park jail, according to prosecutors."
"Just days before the chase and shooting, the 50-year-old Wilson confronted an inmate riding with him in an elevator, "unprompted and in an aggressive manner [and] announced that he would catch all the inmates bringing in contraband," the feds allege. He approached that same inmate and another detainee shortly after, telling them he had chased the inmate's woman friend off the property, the feds allege."
"Wilson got into more confrontations with the inmate from the elevator. In one episode, he argued with the inmate about an area the inmate was responsible for cleaning, accused the inmate of hiding contraband in a garbage can and threatened to hit him with his gun, the feds allege. When the inmate retorted that the gun shot rubber bullets, Wilson, "to drive his point home," took out his gun, cocked it and sent a bullet flying from the chamber, the feds allege."
Leon Wilson, a 50-year-old correction officer at the MDC Brooklyn federal jail, allegedly chased a BMW for five miles and shot and wounded one of its passengers on Sept. 4, 2023. Prosecutors assert Wilson conducted a one-man campaign against contraband, cocked his gun and threatened to kill an inmate he suspected of receiving contraband, and performed an illegal stop-and-frisk near the Sunset Park jail. Days earlier Wilson allegedly confronted an inmate in an elevator, threatened inmates and guests, accused detainees of hiding contraband, and brandished and fired his weapon to intimidate. Prosecutors seek to introduce these incidents at trial to complete the story of the crime on trial.
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