– by Jim Emerson
OAKLAND, CA — A man with a jail record faces new charges in connection with smuggling drugs into Alameda County Santa Rita Jail. Dominic J. Lucero, 47, of Oakland, was arrested earlier this month and booked at the county jail. Lucero remains behind bars in lieu of $410,000 bond, pending a plea hearing on June 24.
Investigators believe Lucero mailed a greeting card addressed to an inmate last year, which contained methamphetamine. The card was intercepted when it triggered a response from a specially trained police dog…