Former San Jose police union manager avoids jail NBC Bay Area [Video]

An ex-San Jose police union manager is avoiding prison time after illegally importing opioids for foreign drug suppliers — ending a scandal that started nearly two years ago.

U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee sentenced Joanne Segovia to three years’ probation and 100 hours of community service, after she confessed in October to running a yearslong illegal drug smuggling operation out of her home for a supplier in India. Federal prosecutors agreed with Segovia’s attorney that the former office manager of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association (SJPOA) — who planned social events and coordinated fallen officer memorials — wasn’t motivated by greed, but addiction.

“The story of Joanne Segovia is the story of years of heavy opioid addiction, drug importation, self-delusion, and some very poor choices. It is not, however, the story of a drug dealer,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tartakovsky wrote in a sentencing memo. “Drug dealers get …