
By SDCN Editor
San Diego, CA–A woman, along with an incarcerated person, have been arrested on suspicion of mailing drug-laced letters to a San Diego County jail.
In January, deputies assigned to the Sheriff’s Mail Processing Center intercepted fictitious legal mail intended for 46-year-old Aaron Beek who is in custody at the George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa. Upon closer inspection, deputies located materials they believed to be soaked with narcotics.
The Sheriff’s Detention Investigations Unit began a criminal investigation, which identified 45-year-old Jacqueline Richardson as being responsible for mailing the packages containing the drugs to Beek at the George Bailey Detention Facility.
On January 16, detectives served a search warrant at Richardson’s home in San Diego. During the search, detectives found evidence related to the mail case and additional narcotics such as powdered fentanyl, M30 fentanyl pills, and methamphetamine.
Richardson was arrested on numerous charges, including sending a controlled substance into jail and possession of a controlled substance. She was booked into the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in Santee.
Beek, who remains in Sheriff’s custody, was rearrested on criminal charges related to sending a controlled substance into jail.
A reminder from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office: sending a controlled substance into a jail is a felony with a penalty of up to six years in custody.