A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to smuggle heroin inside two Pringles cans into a Santa Clarita Valley jail last year.
Michael Meiser, 40, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to his plea agreement, as Meiser was working as an LASD deputy at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic in April 2024, he arranged with inmates to smuggle narcotics into the jail in exchange for cash…