Individual Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Provide Contraband to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo, PR

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On February 24, 2026, United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach sentenced Selena Crespo Dumeng to 10 months in prison and two years of supervised release, for her role in a conspiracy to provide contraband in prison, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.

The defendant was indicted on July 18, 2024, along with seven co-defendants, and arrested on July 22, 2024. On November 11, 2025, the defendant plead guilty to conspiracy to provide contraband in prison.

According to court documents, from July 2023 and continuing up to May 22, 2024, Crespo-Dumeng and others conspired to provide prohibited objects, specifically, controlled substances, to inmates housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo. The defendant and others did this by utilizing the United States Postal Service and other third parties to introduce controlled substances -- buprenorphine strips (Suboxone) -- disguised as legal mail to inmates. The controlled substances were hidden concealed in documents inside purposely built pockets or laced into the documents themselves. Defendant Crespo Dumeng acted as an intermediary providing payments for the smuggling of drugs into MDC.

U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico; and Claudia Dubravetz, Acting Special Agent in Charge of FBI San Juan made the announcement.

FBI San Juan was in charge of the investigation of the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Vance Eaton and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlos J. Romo Aldea from the Puerto Rico Department of Justice prosecuted the case.

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