Smuggling Drugs Into Jail 

January 24, 2025 – San Diego County Sheriff's Office officials report that 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 2025, deputies assigned to the Sheriff's Mail Processing Center (MPC)  intercepted fictitious legal mail intended for Aaron Beek (47) 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 (DIU) began a criminal investigation, which identified Jacqueline Richardson (46) as being responsible for mailing the packages containing the drugs to Beek at the George Bailey Detention Facility.

On January 16, DIU 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.

Source: San Diego County Sheriff's Office