Ex-husband of police union exec charged with drug smuggling operation says she has never done drugs

By James On Apr 1, 2023

The former husband of a police union executive tasked with running a fentanyl smuggling operation said that although she cheated on him, she had “never broken the law in her life” and “never used drugs.”

San Jose grandmother Joanne Segovia, executive director of the San Jose Police Officers Association, was charged with illegally importing fentanyl according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in federal court.

Her ex-husband Doug Evans, 66, told DailyMail.com he was shocked to learn of the prosecutors’ allegations against his 64-year-old ex.

“I can’t believe that she’s involved in a smuggling operation,” he said in an exclusive interview from his home in Indiana.

‘I just can’t believe it’s her. She never broke the law in her life. She just wasn’t that kind of person. She wouldn’t even get a traffic ticket.

‘She never took a drug in her life. We were married for 20 years,’ she said. ‘I just don’t think so, something isn’t right.

Her ex-husband Doug Evans, 66, told DailyMail.com he was shocked to learn of the prosecutors’ allegations against his 64-year-old ex. ‘She never took a drug in her life. We were married for 20 years,’ she said. ‘I just don’t believe it, something isn’t right’

I know you worked for the police department. So that’s pretty bad,” she added. “She got along well with the police department, and she was very happy with that job when she got it.”

Evans revealed that their marriage ended in 2000 when Joanne allegedly cheated on him with her current husband, Dom Segovia.

‘Dominic’s wife worked with me and Joanne at Deluxe Check Printers. Dominic’s wife passed away. At the time, Joanne was the company’s employee liaison,” the Evansville retiree said.

‘He started working with Dom, putting all affairs in order. They started meeting because of that and it just grew.

I caught them in the truck once. And then, on New Year’s Eve, they spent the weekend together in Monterey. She came back and said that she wanted a divorce.

Evans said he had not been in contact with his ex for many years and was estranged from his daughter, Jennifer, so he was not aware of her arrest or any suspicious recent lavish spending.

She is accused of participating in an international scheme to bring synthetic drugs into the US and distribute them, and faces 20 years in prison if convicted, authorities say (pictured: Fentanyl file image)

Segovia ‘used his personal and office computers (pictured) to order thousands of opioids and other pills to his house and agreed to distribute the drugs in other parts of the United States,’ prosecutors say.

However, photos on Joanne’s Facebook page show that she and her second husband took a Valentine’s Day trip to a beachside resort in an undisclosed location, with photos showing blue skies and palm trees around several pools. from the hotel facing a sandy beach.

Other photos showed the Segovias toasting with cocktails at the resort’s restaurant.

‘My favorite place on my favorite day! Missing my loves back home!’ Joanne wrote in the February 14 social media post.

A little over a month later, police raided her San Jose home and office, saying they found pills and other evidence, and the police union placed her on paid leave.

She is charged with participating in an international scheme to bring synthetic drugs into the US and distribute them, and faces 20 years in prison if convicted, authorities say.

Segovia “used his personal and office computers to order thousands of opioids and other pills to his house and agreed to distribute the drugs in other parts of the United States,” prosecutors say.

Evans also revealed that their marriage ended in 2000 when Joanne (right) allegedly cheated on him with her current husband, Dom Segovia.

“She started working with Dom (pictured with Joanne), putting all matters in order. They started meeting because of that and it just grew. I caught them in the truck once. And then, on New Year’s Eve, they spent the weekend together in Monterey. She came back and said she wanted a divorce,’ Evans said.

Evans said he hadn’t been in contact with his ex for many years and was estranged from his daughter, Jennifer (pictured with husband Nick and Joanne)

The complaint filed says that between October 2015 and January 2023, Segovia received at least 61 mailings to his home from China, Hungary, India, Canada, Spain and Singapore.

He allegedly disguised the packages with labels that included ‘Wedding Party Favors’, ‘Makeup Gift’, ‘Food Supplement’ and ‘Chocolate & Sweets’.

Drug investigators say they intercepted “thousands of pills of controlled substances, including the synthetic opioids Tramadol and Tapentadol,” worth thousands of dollars.

Segovia referred to his job at the police union in WhatsApp messages with a cell phone number from India that coordinated the shipments, according to court documents.

Evans said he was not aware of her arrest or any suspicious recent lavish spending. However, photos on Joanne’s Facebook page show that she and her second husband took a Valentine’s Day trip to a beachside resort at an undisclosed location (pictured).

Other photos showed the Segovias toasting with cocktails at the resort restaurant (pictured)

On June 14, 2021, she wrote: ‘Sorry I had 50 new officers as of today so I’ve been tied up all morning. I’ll be back in the office in an hour and I’ll take care of everything! according to the criminal complaint.

Other texts suggested that the woman in his family may have been involved in drug dealing.

“I need to send you $900 for the orange pills that are on their way,” he allegedly wrote on July 4, 2022. “My [family member] he’s going on vacation, so I want to give him enough to last me, but that’s going to make me short, do you know when they’re coming?’

Prosecutors included photos of receipts from PayPal’s website and a shipping receipt from UPS to his office address.

Segovia’s son-in-law and Jennifer’s husband, Nick Hansen, told DailyMail.com the family was “absolutely not” going to comment on the charges.