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LYNCHBURG, Va.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Leigh Peters, the former acting director of the Lynchburg Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, obstruction of a federal proceeding, making false statements, and destruction of evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Peters began a romantic relationship with probationer Brendon Cole Webber in 2023 while she was supervising his case. <\/span><\/p>\n

She later gave Webber unauthorized access to the Lynchburg Police Department\u2019s confidential Records Management System, and in December helped him evade a fugitive manhunt by driving him from Virginia to Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

When questioned, Peters lied to federal agents about her contact with Webber and later destroyed her cell phone to conceal evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Webber was arrested in Pennsylvania on Jan. 9, 2024, and has since pleaded guilty to state and federal charges, including firearm possession and conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0indictment<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Peters and Webber are scheduled to be sentenced later this year. <\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI and Lynchburg Police Department investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Vito Iaia is prosecuting.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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