SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The criminal case surrounding a Mountain View grocery store that law enforcement officials said became a local gang’s base of operations for narcotics sales has led to criminal convictions and sentences for 22 people, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
Police and prosecutors said employees at Mike’s Market on Ocean View Boulevard were working directly with gang members to facilitate drug sales, which were funded through more than $2 million in food assistance benefit fraud taking place at the store.
Store employees allowed customers to unlawfully use their EBT cards to receive cash, then use the cash to buy drugs, prosecutors said…