Grandma supports bingo habit by selling pot
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) - Prosecutors say a 62-year-old grandma is going to prison for trying to feed her habit — her bingo habit. Leticia Villareal Garcia has been sentenced to three years, after Arizona state troopers said they found more than 200 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of her car.
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