The son of a retired Los Angeles fire chief pleads guilty to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to smuggle marijuana on flights out of Los Angeles International Airport.
Millage Peaks IV, 24, faces up to five years in prison at his Jan. 14 sentencing hearing in Los Angeles federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In court papers, Peaks acknowledged promising to pay $500 to ex-Transportation Security Administration agent Dianna Perez for each pot-filled suitcase that cleared security checkpoints at LAX.
Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy earlier this week, admitting she helped Peaks and other co-defendants smuggle drugs on nine occasions between Nov. 2010 and Oct. 2011.
Admitted pot couriers Andrew “Drew” Welter, 25, of Fontana, and Charles “Smoke” Hicks, 24, of Culver City, also pled guilty in the case.
The final defendant, former TSA agent Randy Littlefield, 29, of Paramount, is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to conspiracy charges next week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Perez, 28, of Inglewood faces up to five years behind bars when sentenced Jan. 7.
The marijuana was being flown from Los Angeles to Boston, court papers show.
