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A nurse formerly assigned to the Cook County Jail's hospital pleaded guilty today to smuggling drugs to her inmate boyfriend, the Cook County sheriff's office said.
Kuna Winding, 33, of 7900 block of South Marshfield Avenue, pleaded guilty to one felony count of official misconduct and one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance, according to the sheriff's office. She was sentenced to one year of probation and community service work and will have to submit to drug testing as part of her plea agreement.
Winding originally was charged with bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy and official misconduct, all felonies. Her arrest came following a months-long investigation by the Cook County sheriff's office of professional review, the internal affairs section of the sheriff's office.
Tips that Winding might have smuggled a gun into the jail led to a lockdown there the week before her July arrest, prosecutors said.
Sheriff's investigators received information that Winding had been smuggling the illegal items, including marijuana and ecstasy, into the jail while working for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, the sheriff's office said. Winding, a licensed practical nurse, had worked at Cermak Hospital -- the hospital within the jail -- since January.
A nurse formerly assigned to the Cook County Jail's hospital pleaded guilty today to smuggling drugs to her inmate boyfriend, the Cook County sheriff's office said.
Kuna Winding, 33, of 7900 block of South Marshfield Avenue, pleaded guilty to one felony count of official misconduct and one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance, according to the sheriff's office. She was sentenced to one year of probation and community service work and will have to submit to drug testing as part of her plea agreement.
Winding originally was charged with bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy and official misconduct, all felonies. Her arrest came following a months-long investigation by the Cook County sheriff's office of professional review, the internal affairs section of the sheriff's office.
Tips that Winding might have smuggled a gun into the jail led to a lockdown there the week before her July arrest, prosecutors said.
Sheriff's investigators received information that Winding had been smuggling the illegal items, including marijuana and ecstasy, into the jail while working for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, the sheriff's office said. Winding, a licensed practical nurse, had worked at Cermak Hospital -- the hospital within the jail -- since January.