Man wanted by Interpol found at US prison – as guard
LINCOLN, Nebraska - 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 website 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?"
The Department of Correctional Services is reviewing its hiring practices, spokeswoman Dawn Renee Smith said.
"Obviously, it's a concern whenever we have anyone working at the facility ... who has any type of outstanding warrants," Smith said.
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