FORMER INS GUARD AT FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY
PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL ACT WITH FEMALE DETAINEE

MIAMI, FL. -- The Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department announced today that Clarence Parker, a former guard at the Krome Service Processing Center (Krome) in Miami, Florida, pled guilty today to knowingly engaging in, and attempting to engage in a sexual act with a female detainee at Krome in October 2000.

"As soon as we learned of the possible actions of this individual, we immediately removed him from Krome," said INS Acting District Director John M. Bulger. "The investigation went forward with our full support. Our commitment to removing and prosecuting anyone who commits these types of acts is stronger than ever."

For the past three years, Parker was a contract employee with the Immigration and Naturalization Service at Krome. Parker was assigned to the attorney visiting area where he monitored the detainees who were waiting to visit with their attorneys. As a result of the investigation, Parker was suspended in June 2001.

Parker's plea was accepted by the Honorable Federico A. Moreno, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. His sentencing for the conviction is scheduled for December 20, 2001.

This matter is being handled by Trial Attorney Scott Dahl of the Public Integrity Section. The investigation is being conducted by Department's Office of Inspector General in Ft. Lauderdale and by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Miami Office.

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