Former prison officer sentenced for drug dealing

BRIDGETON – A former Bayside State Prison corrections officer was sentenced to seven years in state prison Tuesday for dealing drugs on the job, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office.

Nazir Bey, 30, formerly known as Nicholas Ives, was sentenced on the second-degree crime of official misconduct after he was found guilty by a jury in October of distributing heroin to an inmate housed at Bayside prison, according to county First Assistant Prosecutor Harold B. Shapiro.

Bey, of Pittsgrove, was employed as a senior corrections officer at the time, Shapiro said.

As part of his seven-year sentence, handed down by Superior Court Robert G. Malestein, Bey must serve five years before becoming eligible for parole.

The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office was represented in the case by Jonathan M. Flynn, senior trial attorney. Bey was represented by Cherry Hill attorney Wayne Powell.

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