Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Bingo habit blamed for grandma’s drug running 61-year-old faces up to 12 years in jail after 214 lbs. of pot found in her SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A grandmother found with a trunkful of marijuana was convicted of drug running in what prosecutors said was an attempt to earn cash for a bingo habit. State troopers found 10 bundles of pot totaling 214 pounds hidden in Leticia Villareal Garcia’s car trunk last year when they stopped her outside Bisbee, in far southeastern Arizona. Villareal, 61, told jurors before they convicted her Thursday that her only regular income was a $275 monthly welfare check, but she frequently played bingo and occasionally won thousands of dollars. Prosecutor Doyle Johnstun said the game was Villareal’s undoing. ‘She’s got a bingo problem’ “People who play bingo almost every night of the week end up losing in the long run,” Johnstun told jurors. “The underlying issue is that she’s got a bingo problem, which explains why an otherwise nice person might get sucked into something like this.” Jurors rejected Villareal’s argument that she’d been tricked into carrying the drugs. Villareal faces three to 12 years in state prison when she is sentenced Dec. 18. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Not very smart on Grandma's part - everyone knows the profit margin on meth is way higher... Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Prolly better than hookin' Quote Link to comment
Nicole Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 LOL i cant imagine seeing a poor old grandmother in jail. thats sad. haha Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Prolly better than hookin' Yea there probably isn't that much call for a 61 year old hooker, unless she lives near a nursing home. Quote Link to comment
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