(BCN) -- An ex-San Jose police union manager is avoiding prison time after illegally importing opioids for foreign drug suppliers -- ending a scandal that started nearly two years ago. U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee sentenced Joanne Segovia to three years' probation and 100 hours of community service, after she confessed in October to running a yearslong illegal drug smuggling operation out of her home for a supplier in India. Federal prosecuto…

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SAN JOSE — A former executive director for the San Jose Police Officers’ Association was sentenced to probation Tuesday following her federal conviction for illegally importing opioid painkillers, a scandal that garnered wide attention after the police union’s headquarters were searched by agents as part of the underlying investigation. Joanne Segovia, 66, was issued the three-year probation term, along with a requirement of 100 hours of communi…

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Joanne Segovia was sentenced to three years of probation in a San Jose federal court.

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Two high-profile examples of Bay Area law enforcement personnel being on the wrong side of the opioid trade are back in the news, just with lighter sentencing than what law enforcement usually clamors for in the newspapers.In today’s news, two old stories about opioid use in law enforcement come back to light on the same day. In one case, the executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association union who was charged with importing and…

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An ex-San Jose police union manager is avoiding prison time after illegally importing opioids for foreign drug suppliers — ending a scandal that started nearly two years ago. U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee sentenced Joanne Segovia to three years’ probation and 100 hours of community service, after she confessed in October to running a yearslong illegal drug smuggling operation out of her home for a supplier in India. Federal prosecutors agreed …

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A federal judge spared Joanne Segovia from serving any time behind bars, bringing to a close a nearly two-year-old criminal case that sent shockwaves through the South Bay.

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