By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:03 EST, 5 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:48 EST, 6 February 2013 A federal prison guard allegedly had an affair with an inmate convicted in one of New York's most notorious police killings and became pregnant with his child in an attempt to save him from the death penalty. Nancy Gonzalez, 29, was arrested Tuesday on charges she intentionally had sex with Ronell Wilson while working the night shift at the Metropolitan Detention Center, which is against the law. She became pregnant in June, a few months into the affair, according to court papers.
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Ronell Wilson convicted in 2007 of shooting dead detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews in 2003
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First federal defendant to receive death sentence in New York since 1954 before it was tossed on appeal
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Prison guard Nancy Gonzalez, 29, accused of having affair with Wilson last year
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Gonzalez is eight months pregnant with Wilson's baby and has another boyfriend in state prison
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