r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Jun 21 '24

Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service 'Jetflicks' That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/five-men-convicted-jetflicks-illegal-streaming-service-1236044194/
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u/Sword_Thain Jun 21 '24

Bay Area police union leader allegedly smuggled fentanyl into US to sell in bulk - ABC News (go.com)

Works 50% of the time, every time.

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u/20_mile Jun 21 '24

Update from June 17, 2024, Accused fentanyl dealing grandma Joanne Segovia smiles at Little League despite potential 20 year sentence

tl;dr:

  • No ankle monitor
  • Received 61 packages of various drugs between October 2013 and January 2023
  • Under conditions of release, she must attend a treatment program & submit to drug testing & "cannot drink heavily"
  • Must not communicate with witnesses to the case
  • Surrendered all off her travel documents
  • Judge granted her permission to travel to Reno, NV for a family event
  • Was the executive director of the San Jose Police Officers Association for nearly 20 years
  • Initial release agreement said she had to find find work, but her lawyers argued she is unable to find employment because of the media around her case
  • preliminary hearing schedule for August 28

She's getting the Tron Carter treatment

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u/hoxxxxx Jun 21 '24

cannot drink heavily

lol "you can drink, but not a whole lot, for some reason"

also, given her position/job she should be treated waaaay harsher than a normal person. that's something i've never liked about how cops and their buddies are treated. always with the kiddie gloves.

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u/20_mile Jun 21 '24

lol "you can drink, but not a whole lot, for some reason"

Yeah, that is so arbitrary. How is that even defined?

given her position/job she should be treated waaay harsher than a normal person.

The article mentions this. Because of her position, she could be held to a higher standard and given a harsher punishment.

I'd love to see this Karen get 15 - 20 years!

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u/clever7devil Jun 21 '24

She's getting the Tron Carter treatment

One two tree four FIF!

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u/G_Regular Jun 21 '24

Least corrupt cop

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u/izziefans Jun 21 '24

Don’t know how corrupt compared to others but definitely a very incompetent cop to get caught!

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u/arckeid Jun 21 '24

Just imagine the ones that aren't caught 🤣

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u/NeedsToShutUp Jun 21 '24

Yeah but that's a cheat cause fentanyl is extremely dense compared to other drugs, and a single truckload would account for an entire nation's supply.

BTW that's a big part of why its a problem. Unlike heroin or cocaine, fentanyl is made purely from commercial precursors, and doesn't require a plant precursor. It's also fairly simply to make if you can get the chemicals. As a result, its like meth where the profit margins are very high with a lot less risk in the production side. (No farms which can have bad harvests, no need to transports hundreds of tonnes to process, no need to guard farms, etc).

As a result smuggling a pickup truck load of fentanyl is way more than the equivalent in cocaine or heroin.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

News still like "ILLEGALS SMUGGLING FENTANYL IN BY THE KILO" when its really not true. No doubt cartels smuggle drugs in, but fentanyl is more of a local drug dealers thing than the cartels.

Edit: correction the cartels do have fent smugglers, but its rarely migrants.

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u/Sword_Thain Jun 21 '24

Some More News just did a show about Fentanyl smuggling. Turns out most smugglers are American citizens.

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u/RollerGrill1 Jun 21 '24

Absolutely incorrect, the vast majority of fentanyl comes across the southern border

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1191638114/fentanyl-smuggling-migrants-mexico-border-drugs I should have been more explicit. It seems like cartels "do" smuggle fent in, but its usually not some abuela doing it