Federal prosecutors are offering plea deals to former Fresno police Deputy Chief Keith Foster and five others indicted on drug-trafficking charges, a document filed in U.S. District Court reveals.
So far, plea offers have been made to defendants Ricky Reynolds, Randy Flowers and Rafael Guzman. Plea offers to Keith Foster, Dennis Foster and Jennifer Donabedian will be finalized by Friday, the document says.
Another defendant in the case, Sarah Ybarra, has already accepted a plea deal. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and/or possess marijuana and was sentenced to prison.
Keith Foster was the No. 2 official in the Fresno Police Department behind Police Chief Jerry Dyer until his arrest a year ago on charges of participating in three separate conspiracies to distribute oxycodone, marijuana and heroin.
His attorney, Marshall Hodgkins, said Wednesday that he has received the plea offer from prosecutors and it includes prison time for Foster. Hodgkins was reluctant to talk about the offer because he has not discussed it in detail with Foster. But Foster is likely to reject it, Hodgkins said.