Drug Charges

Lab work at the Texas Department of Public Safety's 13 labs has suffered a recent slowdown. This surge is caused by a lab tech shortage, as well as recent no-refusal BAC operations, according to a representative for the agency. He also stated that drug test processing...

After a citizen called police to report a suspicious vehicle, two individuals were taken into custody in Anderson County on April 13. The pair were charged with drug offenses and public intoxication. An Anderson County sheriff's deputy received a call at 7:55 p.m....

Texas authorities report that a 41-year-old man was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison after he was convicted of various drug-related offenses. Due to the man's record of prior felony convictions, 25 years was the minimum sentence that his case would have allowed....

Entertainment fans in Houston are watching as rapper 2 Chainz faces drug charges for felony possession of a controlled substance stemming from an incident on June 11, 2013, at LAX when he was reportedly transporting codeine, one of the main ingredients in a homemade...

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, an Oklahoma man is facing drug charges following a traffic stop that allegedly resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine worth over $1.3 million. A trooper reportedly found over 36 pounds of wrapped methamphetamine...

In McAllen, Texas, a U.S. district judge passed down a sentence to man who was convicted of drug charges in relation to a larger drug conspiracy case. The federal judge sentenced the man to serve seven and a half years in prison for the drug crime conviction. This...

A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on Feb. 5. The woman, 38, was ordered to pay $390.50 in court costs and another $140 in restitution. She had pleaded guilty on May...

A 39-year-old Texas paramedic was taken into custody for possession of drugs on Feb. 5 and later fired as a result. The drug charges include evading arrest and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He has been detained on a bond of $25,000. His employer,...

A psychiatrist in Marble Falls has been indicted for allegedly prescribing and delivering drugs for non-medical purposes. The 84-year-old psychiatrist is accused of providing the drugs to two individuals on three separate occasions. He was booked at Burnet County Jail...

A Texas traffic stop has led to a 10-month prison sentence for a 22-year-old man for alleged drug trafficking. The accused was pulled over by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in Van Zandt County in March 2013 for speeding. During the stop, the trooper...