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Ex-LASD deputy sentenced for attempting to smuggle heroin into jail inside Pringles cans

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A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy was sentenced on Thursday for attempting to smuggle more than one pound of heroin, concealed inside Pringles potato chips cans, into a county jail.

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KTLA Los Angeles
Ex-LASD deputy sentenced for attempting to smuggle heroin into jail inside Pringles cans (opens KTLA Los Angeles)
Published Nov 5, 2026
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A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy was sentenced on Thursday for attempting to smuggle more than one pound of heroin, concealed inside Pringles potato chips cans, into a county jail.
Los Angeles Times
Ex-L.A. County deputy who smuggled heroin into a jail in Pringles cans sentenced to prison (opens Los Angeles Times)
Published Nov 6, 2026
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The former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty last year to attempting to smuggle to 1.1 pound of heroin into a jail facility.
New York Post
Crooked LA deputy’s $15K jailhouse smuggling scheme involved Pringles cans — but it wasn’t just chips inside (opens New York Post)
Published Nov 6, 2026
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These smuggled Pringles cans had a surprise inside — as a judge sentenced a crooked cop for what he hid under the classic chips.