Woman suspected of sending drug-laced letter to San Diego-area jail

A San Diego County Sheriff s deputy s patch File photo courtesy of the San Diego County Sheriff s Office A woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly mailing a drug-laced letter to an Otay Mesa jail officers explained Brittany Shahbakhti was taken into custody after detectives served a search warrant at her home in Fullerton according to the San Diego County Sheriff s Office Shahbakhti allegedly sent the methamphetamine-infused mail to an inmate at the George Bailey Detention Facility on Aug Before it reached its alleged intended recipient it was intercepted by deputies assigned to a mail-processing facility The alleged crime is a felony carrying a penalty of up to six years in prison according to the Sheriff s office Agents did not disclose the nature of Shahbakhti s relationship to the intended recipient of the letter