Associated Press
Sept. 6, 2006 07:10 AM
TUCSON - A woman who persuaded her daughter to mail methamphetamine to her while she was in jail has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
Debra Lynn Barriga, 42, of Tonopah, pleaded guilty to facilitation to promote prison contraband.
According to court documents, Barriga was given 90 days in jail and three years probation in December 2005 after a deputy found 70 pounds of marijuana in some ice chests after pulling her over for a broken taillight.
While in jail, deputies monitoring inmate calls overheard Barriga telling her 23-year-old daughter, Kristina, how to send meth to her at the jail.
Barriga later received some letters from her daughter and a drug-detecting device discovered methamphetamine was coated onto four of the letters or their envelopes, authorities said.
Kristina Barriga, who was also arrested and charged, has entered a plea agreement. She's scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 29.
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Wow. She only had 90 days and now she has to serve 2 more years.
