🚨 EX-CORRECTIONS K9 SERGEANT PLEADS GUILTY IN CONTRABAND SCHEME 🚔🐕 Avelino Ramirez, 52, of Vallejo, CA — a former K-9 sergeant with California state prisons — pleaded guilty to wire fraud for orchestrating a shocking scheme inside state correctional facilities. 🗓 Timeline: 📍 San Quentin State Prison (2013 - Sept 2022) 📍 California Medical Facility, Vacaville (Nov 2022 onward) ⚠️ The Scheme: Ramirez planted contraband — including meth, cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, weapons, tobacco, and cell phones — inside prison common areas, only to later "discover" the items himself to boost his performance record and secure promotion to K-9 sergeant. 💰 Fraudulent Gain: ~$8,200 in overtime Dozens of false reports Manipulated prison search data 📦 In some cases, he even mixed salt, sugar & lawn trimmings with the narcotics to make the seizures appear larger. ⚖️ Charge: 1 count of wire fraud 📅 Indicted: Oct 31, 2024 📝 Plea entered in federal court today. #CaliforniaCorre...