Law enforcement stopped a 67-year-old man traveling to Houston to visit his granddaughter, who is ill with Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphona. The police near Decator accused him of speeding. The presence of a pipe in the vehicle gave the officer probable cause to search the...
Cheap drug ID kits often produce false positives
When law enforcement officers in Texas reach for a drug-testing kit during a traffic stop, the results may end up being false. Incidents of truckers and motorists being charged with drug possession when they really had baking soda, candy or tortilla flour have emerged...
Man sues city after police mistake doughnut glaze for meth
Many people in Texas enjoy glazed doughnuts, but most would not mistake the glaze for crystal methamphetamine. In December 2015, a man in Florida was booked for drug charges after police thought that the sugary flakes that had fallen off of his Krispy Kreme doughnuts...
Man charged with felony drug offenses following investigation
A 33-year-old Texas resident was taken into police custody Sept. 6 on numerous felony drug charges. According to the report, the man was arrested following an ongoing drug investigation that led to a search warrant being executed by the Nacogdoches County SWAT team. A...
Multiple people taken into custody in drug sting
According to an indictment unsealed on Aug. 3, eight people were facing a count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Three of the defendants were from San Elizario while the other four were from Socorro in Texas. Another man from Socorro was taken into custody in June...

