Bourbon security guard pleads guilty to aiding theft ring, is set to testify against others
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A former Buffalo Trace Distillery guard has pleaded guilty to aiding a Kentucky bourbon theft ring that investigators say sold thousands of dollars of bourbon illegally.
Multiple media outlets report that 35-year-old Leslie M. Wright of Frankfort admitted in Franklin Circuit Court on Friday to receiving $800 for allowing stainless steel barrels to be stolen. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of facilitation to receive stolen property worth more than $10,000.
Prosecutor Zachary Becker says Wright has agreed to testify against others in the case. She could avoid jail time.
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Wright is one of 10 people charged in what Becker says was a criminal operation that improperly obtained and sold bourbon and steroids. The main indictment issued in April charged nine people with engaging in organized crime.