LYNCHBURG, Va.
The former acting director of the Lynchburg Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Department has admitted to giving her boyfriend confidential law enforcement information, lying to investigators, and destroying evidence, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, obstruction of a federal proceeding, making false statements, and destruction of evidence.
Prosecutors said Peters began a romantic relationship with probationer Brendon Cole Webber in 2023 while she was supervising his case.
She later gave Webber unauthorized access to the Lynchburg Police Department’s confidential Records Management System, and in December helped him evade a fugitive manhunt by driving him from Virginia to Pennsylvania.
When questioned, Peters lied to federal agents about her contact with Webber and later destroyed her cell phone to conceal evidence.
Webber was arrested in Pennsylvania on Jan. 9, 2024, and has since pleaded guilty to state and federal charges, including firearm possession and conspiracy.
Peters served as a probation officer from 2007 until 2023, when she became Acting Director of Lynchburg Community Corrections and Pretrial Services (LCCPS), the highest position in the office, according to the indictment.
Both Peters and Webber are scheduled to be sentenced later this year.
The FBI and Lynchburg Police Department investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Vito Iaia is prosecuting.