NC parole officer faces jail on drug charges

NEW BERN — A state probation and parole office will spend time in jail and on probation after pleading guilty to drug possession.

Patricia Lisa Gederberg of Plymouth was ordered by a federal judge on Thursday to spend 46 months in jail and five years on probation. She pleaded guilty in December 2007 to possessing crack with the intent to distribute, aiding and abetting.

U.S. Attorney George Holding said in a statement that the 42-year-old Gederberg used her state-owned vehicle to drive someone selling drugs in June 2007. Holding also said Gederberg met with her contact to provide classified documents and to provide protection while transporting the drugs.

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