Priest's drug accomplice gets 65 months in prison

By Dave Collins
Bakersfield Now
June 4, 2014

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A California man who supplied nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine to a Roman Catholic priest's drug operation in Connecticut has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.

Forty-four-year-old Chad McCluskey of San Clemente was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Hartford to 65 months in prison, under a plea bargain.

McCluskey and his girlfriend, Kristen Laschober of Laguna Niguel, California, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges for supplying meth to now-suspended priest Kevin Wallin of Waterbury. Laschober awaits sentencing.

McCluskey apologized for his actions. He said he was overcome by his meth addiction and never meant to hurt anyone.

Wallin, a former Bridgeport pastor, pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge for selling meth from his Waterbury apartment. He faces 11 to 14 years in prison.