A 55-year-old man suspected of mailing drugs to a correctional facility was taken into custody Friday.
Investigators identified the man as Jay Tony Naotala. He was taken into custody at the North County Superior Court on Friday while attending an unrelated court hearing, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.
He was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of several offenses, including bringing a controlled substance into jail.
The investigation stemmed from the discovery of a narcotic-laced letter that was sent through the U.S. mailing system to an incarcerated person housed at the Las Collinas Detention and Reentry Facility on July 17.
“The piece of mail was ultimately intercepted by deputies assigned to
The Sheriff’s Mailing Processing Center,” sheriff’s officials said in a
statement.
Sheriff’s officials emphasized that sending any controlled substance
into a jail is a felony with a penalty of up to six years in custody.
— City News Service
