San Jose Police Union Executive Charged with Fentanyl Importation Attempt

Joanne Marian Segovia, the Executive Director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, has been charged with attempting to illegally import a controlled substance and distribute synthetic opioids throughout the United States. Segovia allegedly used her personal and office computers to order thousands of opioid and other pills to her home and agreed to distribute the drugs elsewhere in the United States. She was apprehended as part of an ongoing Homeland Security investigation into a network that was shipping controlled substances into the San Francisco Bay Area from abroad. If convicted, Segovia faces a maximum statutory sentence of 20 years.