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Ex-Probation Officer Gets Federal Prison Sentence Save Email Print
Posted: 1:38 PM Sep 11, 2008
Last Updated: 1:38 PM Sep 11, 2008
Reporter: Bill Wilson

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A former state probation officer from Plymouth will serve the next three years and ten months in federal prison on drug charges.

Federal prosecutors say Patricia Gederberg will then have to serve five years of supervised release after her sentencing today for drug trafficking.

Prosecutors say while the 42-year-old Gederberg was a probation officer in Washington County she used her state-owned vehicle to transport drugs and meet with her contact to provide them with classified documents.

Gederberg was arrested last year and pled guilty in December.

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Posted by: I know more than you do Location: plymouth on Sep 16, 2008 at 02:54 PM
hey chris you say you hope she gets what she deserves but did you know that it was crooked police who paid 1200$ to a crack head to set her up there was just no way she could win she plead guilty to avoid an excesive sentence away from her family. maybe before you make assumptions you should get all the facts. I would love to tell you more unfortunately you will have to wait to see it on the news.

Posted by: JJustice Location: NC on Sep 13, 2008 at 11:20 AM
All of the brianwashed PPO'sI know say,"We have to have probaton because we can't put everyone in prison, it's too expensive." How about make prison cheaper? Probation does not work. Get rid of it or privatize!

Posted by: voter Location: nc on Sep 12, 2008 at 06:17 PM
crystal; you think the focal point of my comment was the school attended by miss carson?? thanks for the correction.

Posted by: crystal Location: washington on Sep 12, 2008 at 02:37 PM
hey voter, where'd you get your news from? Eve Carson went to UNC, a far cry from the substandard Duke...

Posted by: Fed Up Location: nc on Sep 11, 2008 at 09:27 PM
Hey fed up, as someone who has worked with probation officers for several years I can answer your question: No there is NO competence at all in the probation system. NONE. We need to privatize this agency, STARTING TODAY!

Posted by: voter Location: nc on Sep 11, 2008 at 06:20 PM
where does NC recruit their personel? are these people burger king rejects? (think eve carson @ duke)is there any competence at all in the probation system?

Posted by: Chris Location: Greenville on Sep 11, 2008 at 03:13 PM
I am glad that she is going to prison. She will get what is coming to her in prison.. long time to think about her mistakes.

Posted by: Notshocked@all Location: Plymouth on Sep 11, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Until we get the uncaring untrustworthy people OUT of the BIG seats things will continue to get worse our powers that be could care less if our children get an education they only care if we get that money from the government with all the lies that are being told to the judge that investigated our schools I hope he sees all this stuff n helps us out because until someone BIGGER than the super. the principle and the board steps in our schools will spirl down as they have been since walker has been super and mccray n purrington principles get them out we NEED change our schools children community etc. Please witn and the judge involved a few years ago help us uncover all the nasty secrets in washington county schools then and only then will our children get a safe full education from washington county until then we will go unnoticed uneducated drug dealing lawbreaking dropouts!! HELP US!!

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