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Deputy among 18 indicted in Los Angeles County jail drug smuggling operation
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy is among the 18 people indicted by a grand jury this week in a “sophisticated” drug smuggling operation within the County jail system.
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced the unsealing of the grand jury indictment Tuesday evening, adding that it targets a network of criminals who collaborated with associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
Half of those indicted are currently in jail, while the other half were free citizens, Hochman said, including LASD Deputy Michael Meiser.
Meiser was arrested for his alleged role last May, according to the Los Angeles Times. He worked at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic as an investigator with the jail’s anti-gang unit.
The yearslong investigation was launched in February 2022 after multiple reports of narcotics entering the jail system, as well as a violent inmate assault that took place around that time.
The yearslong investigation was launched in February 2022 after multiple reports of narcotics entering the jail system, as well as a violent inmate assault that took place around that time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-among-18-indicted-los-020625976.html