by Leslie Eastman at legalinsurrection.com
Federal officials have recently charged a California police union executive director for allegedly running a drug ring from her home and using her office computer and UPS account to order and distribute fentanyl and other drugs.
Joanne Marian Segovia, who has worked for the San Jose Police Officers Association since 2003, was charged on Wednesday with attempting to unlawfully import a synthetic opioid called Valeryl fentanyl.
She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison if convicted, authorities said.
Police union president Sean Pritchard was shocked by the charges, telling NBC Bay Area, “She’s been the grandma of the POA.”
“This is not the person we’ve known, the person who has worked with fallen officers’ families, organized fundraisers for officers’ kids — just not who we’ve known over a decade.”
If the allegations prove true, Segovia truly had a global drug operation, and she reportedly kept it running even after the investigation started.
Federal officials have recently charged a California police union executive director for allegedly running a drug ring from her home and using her office computer and UPS account to order and distribute fentanyl and other drugs.
Joanne Marian Segovia, who has worked for the San Jose Police Officers Association since 2003, was charged on Wednesday with attempting to unlawfully import a synthetic opioid called Valeryl fentanyl.
She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison if convicted, authorities said.
Police union president Sean Pritchard was shocked by the charges, telling NBC Bay Area, “She’s been the grandma of the POA.”
“This is not the person we’ve known, the person who has worked with fallen officers’ families, organized fundraisers for officers’ kids — just not who we’ve known over a decade.”
If the allegations prove true, Segovia truly had a global drug operation, and she reportedly kept it running even after the investigation started.
Investigators found hundreds of photographs in a WhatsApp chat on Segovia’s cellphone, including an image of the UPS shipping slip and another one of a computer screen showing a PayPal payment to an Indian name and Segovia’s police union business cards under it.
‘Based on my training and experience, I know that shippers of controlled substances often send receipts and tracking numbers as proof that they in fact sent a package,’ David Vargas, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigation, wrote in the affidavit.
‘I believe that the receipt provided by Segovia was offered by her as proof that she sent a package to the North Carolina addressee.’