A woman police say carried $110,000 worth of heroin on a plane from Seattle to Juneau has been indicted.
A grand jury in Juneau handed up the indictment for Jessica L. Beck, 25, on Friday.
The indictment charges Beck with one count of second-degree drug misconduct for allegedly knowingly possessing any amount of heroin with the intent to manufacture or deliver it.
That’s a class ‘A’ felony that can be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine.
The case will be heard in Juneau Superior Court and is assigned to Judge Philip Pallenberg.
Police said in an earlier release that Beck was a Juneau resident. She was arrested at Juneau International Airport by the Juneau Police Department Metro Drug Unit and FBI agents on Nov. 8.
Police executed a search warrant and found 111 grams of a substance that field tested positive for heroin, the release stated.
The substance was sent to the Alaska Crime Lab in Anchorage to confirm what the substance was and its exact weight. Police estimated its street value was approximately $110,000.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (9)
Add commentGood job JPD
Now hopefully the judge won't give some ridiculous fluff suspended sentence.
I'm sure it was personal use,
I'm sure it was personal use, medicinal for her ADHD...
Old news
Was this not already reported on?
I believe reporting on stale news was one of the big issues the commenters had on the pay per view article.
How about adding a business / stock market section.
Great Job by TSA
As usual they don't catch anything, sure this was an annonymous tip.
Definitely not TSA! " She
Definitely not TSA! " She was arrested at Juneau International Airport by the Juneau Police Department Metro Drug Unit and FBI "
@slapshot
Hi there,
Thanks for commenting.
This is actually the opposite of "stale news."
We previously reported on Jessica Beck being arrested at the airport on Nov. 8 after police put out a press release about it the next morning.
(You can view that story here: http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-09/woman-arrested-airport-suspicio... )
A grand jury then indicted Beck on Friday, Nov. 16, which is what this story is about.
We will continue to follow this case as it continues to go through the legal system, per usual. If you have any questions, you can feel free to email me at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Thanks again,
— Emily M.
Thanks Emily! We greatly
Thanks Emily!
We greatly appreciate being kept abreast of the happenings in our fair community. We enjoy reading about scoundrels being apprehended by the constabulary.
Sell a little and
They throw you in jail. Smuggle a lot they set you free.
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In JE 12/20/2012
I got 1 comment in before they shut it down, Without any explanation. But I saved it to my bookmarks. So I will share it here.
This woman has been in jail just over a month. She had 111 grams of heroin secreted in her body. Now she has made a change of plea. 1 year in jail, 5 years probation. And now she gets to go stay at her mommies home, while awaiting her sentencing.
While LCCC has at least 14 people in there, on charges of selling bags that weighed less than a tenth of a gram each. None of them so far have gotten a sentence of less than 2 years. Not one of them has gotten go home to their families not even for a day.
This hurts and angers me too the point of tears. I am sick from it
Dev_mom 12/20/12 12:27 PM
They usually only shut down the comment section for sex offenders. Like Joshua David Burger yesterday.
What is wrong with the Alaska judicial system? What is wrong with the Juneau Empire? Censoring Stories, And blocking people's right to free speech? It just gets worse and worse with them. They can make stories go away. Deleting anything has ever even happened.
For example, The case of James R Hanson. Charged with driving without a valid license. They did not report that His charges have been lowered to a misdemeanor And that he has been out of jail since October.
Yet they'll put on the front page. The story of a young woman. Who sold Such a small amount of heroin, That the judge was in disbelief That it had been brought before him.
Now I'm going to save this to encase it disappears