Sister, mother of San Mateo County Jail inmate take jail conspiracy plea deals

Their plea deals come less than two weeks after George Ismael, a 45-year-old former San Mateo County correctional officer, pleaded no contest to felony conspiracy and contraband in jail. Ismael is facing two years, eight months in state prison when he appears in court for sentencing Jan. 8. In March of 2018, Dionicio Lopez’s 33-year-old girlfriend Roxanne Ingebretsen pleaded no contest to felony conspiracy and was sentenced to three years supervised probation on condition she serve 30 days in county jail, according to prosecutors.

Ismael is said to have communicated with Amanda Lopez and Ingebretsen outside of the jail and delivered two cellphones and Oxycontin to Dionicio Lopez over the course of several months in 2013, according to prosecutors previously.

Leticia Lopez is believed to have bought a cellphone and handed it off to Ingebretsen, who gave it to Ismael. Dionicio Lopez is suspected of selling a cellphone to another inmate, only to be replaced by a second cellphone that Ismael is said to have brought into the jail, according to prosecutors previously.

Ismael, Amanda Lopez and Leticia Lopez were set to face trial in September but the trio opted to take plea deals instead. Having posted $100,000 bail bonds, Amanda Lopez and Leticia Lopez are out of custody, according to prosecutors.

District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe described the mother and daughter’s actions as corruption, a crime that he felt should always be answered harshly.

“These two women worked with a correctional officer to violate the rules and create what could be a dangerous situation,” he said. “I’m glad we’re holding them accountable for that.”

Amanda Lopez’s defense attorney Eric Hove and Leticia Lopez’s defense attorney Jonathan McDougall could not be immediately reached for comment.