Episode 68
The Elderly Entrepreneur and Her Shady Side Hustle | Jan. 29, 2025 | 39:00
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
An unlikely—and inept—suspect emerges in San Jose, California, in 2023.
Hosts
Greg Caputo
Maria Raha
Jason Schell
Topics
This week’s headline: NBC News, Jan. 10, 2025, Melbourne, Australia
Joanne Marian Segovia
San Jose Police Officers’ Association
Prescription pills and opioids
Additional Resources
Associated Press. “A Police Union Director Who Was Fired After an Opioid Smuggling Arrest Pleads Guilty,” US News & World Report. Oct. 8, 2024. https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-10-08/a-police-union-director-who-was-fired-after-an-opioid-smuggling-arrest-pleads-guilty
Dorsey, Dustin. “Former SJ Police Union Director who was Fired After Opioid Smuggling Arrest Pleads Guilty,” ABC 7 News. Oct. 8, 2024.
Eds. “Grandmother accused of importing fentanyl and other drugs,” ABC News. April 3, 2023.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/grandmother-accused-importing-fentanyl-drugs-98313766
Eds. “Police Union Director Fired After Opioid Smuggling Arrest,” Associated Press. April 7, 2023.
Fuentes, Zach. “San Jose Police Union Exec Charged with Attempt to Import, Sell Valeryl Fentanyl, Officials Say,” ABC 7 News. March 30, 2023. https://abc7news.com/joanne-segovia-charged-san-jose-police-officers-association-fentanyl-analogue-illegal-synthetic-opioid-drugs
Fuentes, Zach. “SJPOA Executive Turns Herself in, Appears in Court After Being Charged in Drug Distribution Scheme,” ABC 7 News. March 31, 2023. https://abc7news.com/joanne-marian-segovia-san-jose-police-union-fentanyl-sj-court-appearance/13059919/
Geha, Joseph. “Former San José Police Union Director Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Opioids,” KQED. Oct. 8, 2024. https://www.kqed.org/news/12008434/former-san-jose-police-union-director-pleads-guilty-to-smuggling-opioids
McPhee, Michele. “Police Union Official Used Home and Office for Massive Narcotics Ring, Feds Say,” Los Angeles Magazine. March 31, 2023. https://lamag.com/news/police-union-official-used-her-job-for-huge-narcotics-trafficking-operation-feds-say
Miller, Joshua Rhett, and Hernandez, Marjorie. “Inside Grandma Joanne Segovia’s ‘Breaking Bad’–Style Double Life of ‘Drug-Dealing,’ Hoodwinking Her Police Union Co-Workers,” New York Post. April 5, 2023. https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/inside-the-secret-life-of-drug-dealing-grandma-joanne-segovia/
United States District Court for the Northern District of California. United States of America v. Joanne Marian Segovia. Case No. CR 23-70347-MAG. March 27, 2023. https://www.scribd.com/document/634984307/United-States-of-America-v-Joanne-Marian-Segovia
United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California. March 29, 2023. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-executive-charged-attempted-illegal-importation-fentanyl
