(KNZA)--A former Jackson County Corrections officer, who previously pled no contest to attempted trafficking contraband into a correctional facility, has learned his fate.

36-year-old Lucas Alan Ray was sentenced last week, in Jackson County District Court, to a year-and-a-half of probation, instead of serving the underlying sentence of 8 months in prison.

That's according to a release from Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, who says Ray was employed as a corrections officer for his office in January, 2020. The release explains that Morse, in August, 2023, "opened an investigation into a report that an employee was trafficking contraband into the jail facility," with that outcome revealing "that an employee was receiving monies on a cash app from friends or relatives of inmates for legal items."

Ray was placed on administrate leave, and at the investigation's conclusion, he was terminated from his Sheriff's Office employment on August 31, 2023.

A complaint was forwarded to the Jackson County Attorney's Office which led to Ray being charged, and ultimately sentenced.