A simple Google search of Michal Preclik’s name turns up an Interpol wanted poster from his native Czech Republic. So where was he arrested? In Nebraska’s maximum-security prison, where he was not an inmate, but a guard.
Preclik had worked at the prison for a year and his arrest came just two months after officials at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution promoted the 32-year-old to corporal. Prison officials learned last month that he was wanted on suspicion of drug and fraud crimes.
The electronic wanted poster, which shows his mug shot, went up on Interpol’s Web site exactly a year before his arrest. The poster is the first Web link that appears when Googling Preclik’s name.
“This is just unbelievable that the state of Nebraska is hiring international criminals,” said state Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha. “Who’s minding the store?”
I’m not sure which is more deserving of the fail tag in this story: that a wanted criminal would seek employment in a correctional role, or that the prison didn’t find his Interpol wanted poster during the application process.
“I was shocked when I found out,” said Patrick Barker, an officer at the prison who worked with Preclik. “Here we have a guy facing drug and fraud charges and we’re dealing with contraband issues at the prison.”
I did a quick check of the Nebraska Corrections website for employment requirements and found this: “Successful completion of DCS Correctional Officer Examination, back-ground screening, and pre-employment check. The examination consists of three parts (reading, counting and essay) and will last approximately two hours.”
Exactly what type of screening? I had a background check done recently for my new job; I have no criminal record but my employer was able to see that I missed a cellphone payment on my credit report. If my job can find that, how could the Nebraska Correctional Department not find this:
Source: Fox News
