Category Archives: Drug Crimes
North Texas Banks, Drug Cartels, and Money Laundering in Dallas
When a business is involved in illegal activity, operating on a cash basis is smart. It’s not easy for law enforcement to track dollars like it is for them to access and monitor checking accounts or online business transactions. Maybe you’ve heard the stories of Pablo Escobar having so much cash in hand that his…
My Tip No. 8: Beware the Slow Plea in Criminal Defense of Felony Drug Manufacture or Distribution Cases
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Is Flakka Legal in Texas? What Dallas Needs to Know About Flakka
Flakka (aka “flocka” or “gravel”) has arrived in North Texas. This is not good news for anyone. In case you haven’t heard of it, “flakka” is the nickname for a new synthetic drug, or designer drug, already popular in Florida that is slowly making its way to other parts of the country. Like North…
Heroin Moves Through Dallas: Drug Cartel Distribution Routes
This week, there was a lot of news coverage over a big FBI sting where 46 federal indictments were issued across the country, charging people with smuggling drugs like heroin and cocaine on planes. Some got charged with other things, too, like money laundering — but the big deal here in Dallas was that most…
Drug Cartels in North Texas: Big Business and Felony Crimes
In Dallas and Fort Worth, as well as the surrounding area here in North Texas, illegal drugs are a big (very big) business. Criminal defense lawyers here as well as police and prosecutors in both the state and federal systems understand in ways that the general public does not about the commercial success of selling…
Donley County 2nd Degree Money Laundering Reduced to Misdemeanor and Money Returned
Mr. Lowe’s client was stopped by DPS Trooper Danny Nunez and later prosecuted by District Attorney Luke Inman of the 100th Judicial District of Texas (Carson County, Donley County, Hall County, Collingsworth County and Childress County). Trooper Nunez is one of the most prolific Drug Interdiction Police Officers in the State of Texas. Trooper Nunez…
Heroin in Dallas, Fort Worth, and North Texas: All Kinds of Felony Arrests Are Possible
This month, new national research studies are warning once again about the dangers of drug overdoses, both from prescription drugs (think Oxycodone and Vicodin) as well as illegal drugs like heroin. June 2015 Research Warns of Epidemic in Heroin Overdose Deaths According to the June 2015 study released by nonprofit organization Trust for America’s…
Fentanyl and Heroin Here in Dallas: Dangers of Arrest and More
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is sold under a variety of names including Actiq, Duragesic, Haldid, Matrifen, and Onsolis. It’s been around for over 20 years as a prescription paid med. Beginning in the 1990s, it was becoming so popular among physicians that they were prescribing not just fentanyl in pill form but also…
Synthetic Drugs Law: Will New Texas Law Succeed in Outlawing Spice, K2, and Other Synthetic Highs?
Here in Texas, law enforcement and the Texas Legislature are trying hard to keep up with the growing market for synthetic marijuana and designer drugs that are being sold all around the state in shops as well as online on legal web sites. Synthetic marijuana, for example, is sold as an easy to get alternative…
Juvenile Heroin Arrests: When Your Child is Busted for Heroin in Texas
Some may be shocked to think that there are active heroin users here in Texas, especially here in the Dallas – Fort Worth area, that are minors or juveniles and kids under the age of 18 years. The general public (and potential jurors) may not understand that heroin use isn’t like it was in years…
