A Costa Mesa, California, man has been accused of flying a drone filled with drugs into the Theo Lacy Jail Facility while coordinating with a female inmate through a phone inside the jail. The drone was originally found in the grass area inside the facility by an inmate worker two days after it crashed Sept. 12, and the inmate alerted sheriff’s deputies to it. It was carrying 2 grams of heroin, 4 grams of methamphetamine, 15 Xanax pills, and 15 muscle relaxers. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Custody Intelligence Unit arrested Chey Cody Smart, 43, in his Costa Mesa apartment on Sept. 14—the same day the drone was found—after investigators determined he was the one flying the drone. Police also found meth, cocaine, Xanax, fentanyl, and heroin, as well as several rifles inside his apartment. Files found in his apartment also indicate that he allegedly used a false identity to …
Man Accused of Flying Drone Filled With Drugs Into Orange County Jail
September 17, 2021
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