San Jose, California suburbanites are astounded to learn that the grandmother next door was dealing deadly fentanyl, “Breaking Bad” style. Not only that, Joanne Marian Segovia worked as executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association. Down at the office, they sort of frown on her running a drug ring from home.
Fentanyl by mail
Now that happy grass is properly being legalized in more and more states, practically every adult in America can get behind a major crackdown on deadly drugs like fentanyl. Despite the public outcry, police are overwhelmed by the flood of opioids coming into the country.
It makes things much harder when the drugs get mailed around using the address of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association on the return address label.
Joanne Marian Segovia, who served as executive director of the association, decided to supplement her income by dealing smack on the side. She’s since been “slapped with federal charges for allegedly importing a synthetic opioid called Valeryl fentanyl.” Michael Galloway, her neighbor two doors down in the gated community, was floored.
Meet Joanne Marian Segovia, executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association. She’s been placed on leave and is facing federal charges for importing drugs disguised as chocolates, wedding favors and makeup from overseas and distributing them throughout the US. pic.twitter.com/8OqpDBWuGt
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“She’s more the kind of person you would imagine who would have chocolate chip cookies or something ready for the kids, like a typical grandma.” You don’t know who to trust, these days. “Despite meeting with agents at least twice, the grandmother continued to correspond on WhatsApp with someone using a country code from India in March 2023.”
“This is a complete surprise. There was nothing unusual going on there. It’s like ‘Breaking Bad.‘ — you’re not expecting that at all! I mean, everyone is shocked.” Fentanyl Grannie has everyone drawing similarities with the series. In the popular drama, “a suburban chemistry teacher named Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, starts cooking and selling meth to raise money for his cancer treatment.” Segovia doesn’t have cancer.
She’ll be spending a nice quiet retirement behind bars in a federal prison. That chat thread with India “contained hundreds of messages referring to ‘soma‘ or ‘orange pills‘ as well as discussing shipping and payment.” With screenshots. “235 images— depicting pills, shipping labels, packaging and payment receipts or confirmations.”
At least 61 packages
The affidavit federal prosecutors filed alleges that “64-year-old Segovia received at least 61 packages at her home from October 2015 and January 2023.” When the FBI came knocking on her door, she instantly tried to throw her housekeeper under the bus. Packages of fentanyl and a whole pharmacy lab of other goodies came in to her from all over the world.
Places like India, Canada, Great Britain, Hong Kong and China. They came through customs with labels saying “wedding party favors, makeup, supplements and chocolate and sweets.” They were mislabeled. “Investigators claim the packages actually contained deadly synthetic opioids and strong painkillers like Tramadol and Tapentadol, which Segovia then distributed across the U.S.”
New York Post cornered neighbor Patricia Briggs. She relates that “Segovia and her husband, Dom, have lived in the neighborhood for about 20 years and are always pleasant.” They don’t act like fentanyl dealers and certainly not like users. “Dom had retired and enjoyed playing golf, while Joanne never missed an opportunity to gush about her daughter and two grandchildren. Joanne has always been extremely friendly and just enjoyable.”
Breaking! 64-year-old San Jose resident Joanne Marian Segovia, The executive director of the San Jose Police Officers' Association has been arrested for importing illegal drugs, including synthetic opiates and fentanyl.
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Briggs relates, if “somebody asked me who might be doing something untoward, Joanne’s name would never come up on that list. My neighbors and I — we are all gobsmacked.” Segovia “allegedly sent the packages she received from India to a woman in North Carolina, but it was intercepted by agents. The return address on the packages showed the address of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association.”
They were really shocked when “about a dozen unmarked vehicles surrounded the Segovias’ home last week.” They weren’t wearing uniforms but “walked in and out of the home carrying bags of evidence.” Doesn’t she work for the cops? They wondered. The first time detectives sat her down, on February 1, she told agents that she “worked for the police department” and claimed “she had only ordered supplements.”
They had a few more questions. “When asked why her name and address were found in the phone of a suspected drug trafficker, Segovia allegedly told the investigators she had ‘no idea.‘” The next time, March 14, “Segovia said she had nothing to do with the packages addressed to her.” Instead she placed the blame for all the illegal fentanyl and other drugs “on her housekeeper.“
