San Diego woman sentenced for smuggling heroin-filled bibles into California prisons
SAN DIEGO (KYMA, KECY) - A San Diego woman was sentenced to federal prison for smuggling heroin-filled bibles into California prisons.
Lucresia Stone-Rojas, 46, will spend the next seven years behind bars for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, and possession with intent to distribute heroin, which she pleaded guilty to these charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Court records show Stone-Rojas was first arrested in November of 2023 after officers found a loaded handgun inside a stolen Porshe she was driving.
Over a month later, she was arrested again. This time, federal investigators found sealed packages addressed to prison inmates.
Inside were two bibles with about 23 grams of heroin hidden inside them.
To learn more about the sentencing, read the press release below.
