Former IDOC guard, 2 co-conspirators sentenced for bribery scheme

A 44-year-old former Idaho Department of Correction guard was sentenced to 15 months in prison for smuggling in contraband for an inmate in exchange for money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boise said in a release Friday.

Boisean Joshua Barney, an IDOC correctional officer, was part of bribery scheme that included inmate Collin McIntyre, 27, of Stanfield, Oregon, and McIntyre’s girlfriend, Tiffany Culbertson, 23, of Meridian, prosecutors say. All three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs act extortion under official color of right, prosecutors said.

The items that Barney smuggled into the prison included smokeless tobacco and a cellphone. Culbertson purchased or provided the items to Barney, along with a bribe, prosecutors said.

All three were sentenced this week:

• Barney was sentenced to 15 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release.
• McIntyre was sentenced to 12 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release.
• Culbertson was sentenced to a three-year term of probation, with six weekends to be spent in jail.

U.S. Attorney Bart Davis announced charges against them at a press conference last April. Four others were charged as IDOC investigated corruption among correctional officers.

The FBI and Idaho Department of Corrections Special Investigations Unit were involved in the investigation.

Katy Moeller

Idaho Statesman

208-377-6413

Katy Moeller has worked at The Idaho Statesman for 13 years. She’s a generalist, an investigative reporter and a feature writer who has been on the breaking news team for a decade. She was Idaho Press Club’s 2016 Print Reporter of the Year.If you like seeing stories like this, please consider supporting our work with a digital subscription to the Idaho Statesman.