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Charges Filed In Meth Scam Involving Prisons
By bellinghamherald.com
Published: 11/29/2010

Two Bellingham men have been charged in federal court with conspiring to mail papers soaked in methamphetamine to inmates in state prisons.

A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle alleges that Joseph L. Garcia, 31, supplied ounces of meth to Kirk L. Rishor, 47, who in turn soaked the drugs into high-quality, cotton-fiber paper.

Once the papers dried and a price had been negotiated with an inmate, Rishor allegedly put them into manila envelopes filled with other legal paperwork and mailed it to the prison, according to the complaint.

Rishor and Garcia were arrested in Bellingham on Nov. 12, when investigators searched Garcia's home with a warrant and found $28,000 in cash and almost 40 ounces of meth.

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