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Ex-Halawa guard pleads guilty in meth smuggling

HONOLULU (AP) - A former prison guard has pleaded guilty to charges related to smuggling methamphetamine into Halawa Correctional Facility.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports James Sanders III said Tuesday in federal court that he distributed meth to a confidential informant and took $5,000 to smuggle items into the prison.He pleaded guilty to a meth distribution charge and bribery.He was one of two guards arrested in January for allegedly smuggling drugs into prison.Sanders faces up to 50 years in prison and more than $5 million in fines when he's sentenced on June 26.The 31-year-old from Kailua was hired as an adult corrections officer in January 2012 and resigned Feb. 5.