Justice · Jail smuggling sentenceLos Angeles jail smuggling: Ex-deputy sentenced to 67 monthsWritten November 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A deputy carried two Pringles cans of heroin passed a jail checkpoint.0:11Former sheriff's deputy Michael Miser received sixty-seven months in federal prison.0:16He admitted taking fifteen thousand dollars to bring heroin into the jail where he0:22worked.0:22How far did he get before investigators stopped him?0:25Miser admitted trying to bring approximately one point one pounds of heroin into0:29North County Correctional Facility in Costac.0:32The drugs were concealed inside two Pringles potato chip cans.0:36Miser, now a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy, is forty and lived in0:41Lancaster.0:42He arranged the attempted delivery with inmates in twenty twenty-four.0:47While he worked at the facility, the scheme used the access he already had as a jail0:51employee.0:52Two women met Miser at a Valencia gas station.0:55One was associated with a jail inmate.0:58Miser received the heroin-filled cans and fifteen thousand dollars in cash there.1:04He admitted the money was payment from inmates for the attempted delivery.1:07Miser packed the cans and his loaded handgun in a backpack.1:11He rode to the jail campus in another deputy's truck, sitting in the passenger seat.1:17The driver passed the initial security checkpoint and parked in the jail parking1:21lot.1:22There's no indication the other deputy knew about the scheme.1:25Later that day, Miser met an inmate involved in it and spoke with him for several1:30minutes.1:31Investigators intercepted Miser as he was leaving the campus.1:35Sheriff's investigators stopped the truck as the deputies began driving out at day's1:39end.1:40They arrested Miser and searched the truck.1:43The backpack held fifteen thousand dollars, his loaded handgun, his badge, and his1:48department identification.1:50Investigators also recovered both heroin-filled cans.1:53The FBI investigated the case with help from the Sheriff's Department's Internal1:58Criminal Investigations Bureau.2:00Miser pleaded guilty on July tenth,2025 , to one count of possession2:06with intent to distribute heroin.2:08U.S.2:09District Judge Fernando M.2:11Olguin sentenced him on November5,2026 .2:15The punishment is five years and seven months in federal prison.2:19Miser got the heroin onto the jail campus, beyond its first security checkpoint.2:25Investigators recovered the cans when they stopped the truck.2:29A delivery to prisoners hasn't been confirmed.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
