CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield Now
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press Published: Jun 4, 2014
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.
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