Overview
- In June 2026 Randal Vance admitted in a federal plea that he gave his two sons psilocybin capsules beginning around October 2023 and increased dosing into 2024.
- Vance told prosecutors he provided the older son with capsules to sell to peers and enlisted his wife to help distribute product.
- Federal searches in October 2024 uncovered a commercial-scale operation in Fallbrook and Bonsall that yielded more than 200 pounds of fresh mushrooms, 53 pounds dried, five pounds of capsules, cultivation gear, and six firearms.
- Vance, his wife Rebecca, and an associate, Keir Ceballos-Rivera, were arrested; Rebecca Vance and Ceballos-Rivera have pleaded guilty and Randal Vance is due to be sentenced on Sept. 18, 2026.
- Prosecutors frame the case as both large-scale illicit drug production and child exploitation, and the upcoming sentencing and any child-welfare actions will determine legal and family consequences going forward.