A 39-year-old Los Angeles County deputy sheriff accused of smuggling heroin to inmates reportedly conspired with gang “shot-callers” using a secret code and tubes of Pringles chips to move the drugs, according to a new report.
In law enforcement records reviewed by the L.A. Times, Deputy Michael Meiser, arrested on April 30, 2024, investigators allege he brought more than a pound of black tar heroin hidden inside two cans of Pringles onto jail grounds shortly before he was taken into custody.
Deputy Meiser, who was assigned to a special unit that monitored gang activity at North County Correctional Facility in Castaic, the largest jail facility in the nation, is among 18 people indicted in the smuggling operation …