California Inmate Gets 5 Years for Drone Drug Delivery Scheme

California inmate gets 5 years for drone drug delivery scheme

A Pleasant Valley State Prison inmate in California will spend five more years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute illicit drugs via drone deliveries in 2021.

Inmate sentenced for using drones to smuggle drugs into California prison

An inmate at a California prison has been sentenced to five years for coordinating drone deliveries of methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana into the facility, according to prosecutors. Michael Ray Acosta, 48, was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances at Pleasant Valley State Prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Cal…