Posted on Sep 27, 2023
Ex-deputy faces felony charges after being caught with more than 100 pounds of fentanyl, gun,...
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"A former Riverside County Sheriff’s Department correctional deputy faces a series of local felony charges after he was allegedly caught with more than 100 pounds of fentanyl and a gun.
Banning resident Jorge Oceguera-Rocha, 25, was pulled over in Calimesa on Sept. 17, and authorities allegedly found a gun and narcotics, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
The Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Oceguera-Rocha had been under investigation for playing “a pivotal role of trafficking large quantities of narcotics within Riverside County while off duty.”
Deputy caught with more than 44 pounds of drugs, gun, RCSD says
On Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Department detailed that the drugs in question were fentanyl pills, of which Oceguera-Rocha had 104 pounds.
Federal prosecutors declined to file charges against him, but Riverside County officials charged Oceguera-Rocha with possession of narcotics, transportation with the intent to distribute narcotics, weight enhancements for the narcotics and possession of a firearm while in possession of narcotics.
He is being held at the John Benoit Detention Center in lieu of $5 million bail."
Banning resident Jorge Oceguera-Rocha, 25, was pulled over in Calimesa on Sept. 17, and authorities allegedly found a gun and narcotics, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
The Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Oceguera-Rocha had been under investigation for playing “a pivotal role of trafficking large quantities of narcotics within Riverside County while off duty.”
Deputy caught with more than 44 pounds of drugs, gun, RCSD says
On Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Department detailed that the drugs in question were fentanyl pills, of which Oceguera-Rocha had 104 pounds.
Federal prosecutors declined to file charges against him, but Riverside County officials charged Oceguera-Rocha with possession of narcotics, transportation with the intent to distribute narcotics, weight enhancements for the narcotics and possession of a firearm while in possession of narcotics.
He is being held at the John Benoit Detention Center in lieu of $5 million bail."
Ex-deputy faces felony charges after being caught with more than 100 pounds of fentanyl, gun,...
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Why would federal prosecutors decline to prosecute a guy that was busted transporting this much fentanyl? This is most definitely a felony, and the quantity should have made it a federal offense, so what possible reasoning would keep federal prosecutors away?
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
*Shrug* Can't find anything that says why. "Early last week, detectives submitted their case against Oceguera-Rocha to the U.S. Attorney's Office, but federal prosecutors declined to seek an indictment, according to sheriff's Capt. Rob Roggeveen. U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek declined to comment on the matter."
I found that odd as well. Seems like a pretty easy case to charge federally...
I found that odd as well. Seems like a pretty easy case to charge federally...
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LTC Trent Klug
Perhaps it's because the feds will more than likely house him any way, if he's found guilty. Normally, the state rents beds in federal Prisons for law enforcement gone bad. It saves them on lawsuits if or when the former LEO is assaulted or killed.
I'm wondering if the feds left him to the state because he did his business inside the county and didn't do any outside of there.
I'm wondering if the feds left him to the state because he did his business inside the county and didn't do any outside of there.
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This should be prosecuted by the DOJ because Federal penalties are traditionally more severe. I have also never seen a case this large committed by a public servant of a state jurisdiction, not handled by the DEA & DOJ in tandem.
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