A FORMER METRO DETENTION CENTER OFFICER COULD GET MORE THAN 13 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SELLING DRUGS TO INMATES. MELVYN ASKEW WAS ARRESTED TWO YEARS AGO AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH HEROIN, PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLERS, TOBACCO AND CASH. HE WAS THEN FIRED.
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A'S OFFICE SAYS ASKEW WILL BE SENTENCED LATER.
