Federal Correctional Officer Leon charged after going off-the rails in his crazed one-man war on contraband entering federal jail in New York City
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:32 pm
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - A correction officer at the MDC Brooklyn federal jail who’s accused of chasing a BMW for 5 miles and shooting and wounding one of its passengers did so as part of an unhinged one-man war on contraband, federal prosecutors charge.
Leon Wilson also cocked his gun and threatened to kill an inmate he suspected of receiving contraband and performed an illegal stop-and-frisk two blocks away from the Sunset Park jail, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors are hoping to include Wilson’s actions before and after the Sept. 4, 2023, shooting at his Brooklyn Federal Court trial this month “to complete the story of the crime on trial,” according to a Sept. 22 motion.
Just days before the chase and shooting, the 50-year-old Wilson confronted an inmate riding with him in an elevator, “unprompted and in an aggressive manner [and] announced that he would catch all the inmates bringing in contraband,” the feds allege.
He approached that same inmate and another detainee shortly after, telling them he had chased the inmate’s woman friend off the property, the feds allege. Wilson rested his hand on his gun and said that if the woman ever returned to the Metropolitan Detention Center, the inmate “would be going to an early funeral because the defendant would put a bullet in the woman’s head,” the feds say.
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Leon Wilson also cocked his gun and threatened to kill an inmate he suspected of receiving contraband and performed an illegal stop-and-frisk two blocks away from the Sunset Park jail, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors are hoping to include Wilson’s actions before and after the Sept. 4, 2023, shooting at his Brooklyn Federal Court trial this month “to complete the story of the crime on trial,” according to a Sept. 22 motion.
Just days before the chase and shooting, the 50-year-old Wilson confronted an inmate riding with him in an elevator, “unprompted and in an aggressive manner [and] announced that he would catch all the inmates bringing in contraband,” the feds allege.
He approached that same inmate and another detainee shortly after, telling them he had chased the inmate’s woman friend off the property, the feds allege. Wilson rested his hand on his gun and said that if the woman ever returned to the Metropolitan Detention Center, the inmate “would be going to an early funeral because the defendant would put a bullet in the woman’s head,” the feds say.
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