The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 41-year-old mother with three felonies for attempting to bring more than 30 fentanyl pills into the county juvenile facility holding her son in 2023.

The mother, Jeny Morenoparra, was caught and arrested at the time, but charges were not filed until this year, when the District Attorney’s Office decided to reopen the case, according to District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who took office in 2024.

Morenoparra faces felony charges for bringing an illegal substance into a jail facility, employment of a minor to sell or carry a narcotic and possession of a controlled substance. She is scheduled for arraignment Friday, Aug. 1.

“The defendant, a mother of one of the facility’s residents, is accused of attempting to introduce fentany

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