Three North County residents accused in a drug trafficking conspiracy that allegedly utilized children to help grow and distribute psilocybin mushrooms have been indicted.
Prosecutors say a 9- and 11-year-old helped the defendants cultivate, produce and sell the fungi, also known as magic mushrooms, allegedly harvested at a pair of locations, in Fallbrook and Bonsall.
Married couple Randal Vance, 42, of Fallbrook, and Rebecca Vance, 41, of Oceanside, face various drug trafficking charges along with Keir Ceballos-Rivera, 33, of Oceanside.
Federal prosecutors allege that the defendants also attempted to destroy evidence by deleting text messages and taking down websites that Randal Vance used to sell the drugs.
All three were arrested Wednesday, following the federal indictment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office did not disclose the relationship between the defendants and the children.
Prosecutors said that in messages, Randal Vance described the childrens’ roles in the drug conspiracy.
He allegedly once texted someone a photograph of one of the children holding a mushroom and said the “11-year-old helps me grow them.”
Ceballos-Rivera also allegedly sent Vance a picture of a child holding a mushroom while the child’s face was covered and wrote, “No face, no case.”
One of the children, then a student at Lincoln Middle School in Oceanside, told Randal Vance he was selling a psilocybin capsule to a friend for $3, and the man responded, “Nice! Make sure your friend’s parents don’t find out or you and I are in big big trouble.”
He also allegedly discussed providing microdoses of psilocybin to children, including the 9-year-old, saying “It’s good for kids’ brains.”
A judge ordered the Vances held without bond on Thursday. Ceballos-Rivera is due in court for a detention hearing next week.
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