Category Archives: Drug Crimes
Heroin in Dallas – Fort Worth: Heroin is Popular So Expect More Felony Heroin Arrests
Heroin is here to stay in North Texas and the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex area: it’s something recognized by the local police and the District Attorneys’ Offices as well as criminal defense lawyers and people treating heroin abuse and heroin overdoses in local hospitals and rehab centers. Why? It’s a cheaper, readily accessible alternative…
Heroin and Money Laundering in Texas – Expecting More Charges in 2015
There’s been a lot of national news coverage in the past few weeks over the business of heroin and how the changing marijuana marketplace in the United States is causing changes in the illegal drug market. Specifically, news is spreading about how heroin and methamphetamine are growing product lines in the criminal drug trades, and…
Heroin is a Business in Texas: Growing Heroin Demand Means More Heroin Busts in 2015
It’s not news to any Texan that there’s lots of drug traffic moving across the state from Mexico; everyone knows it. What lots of people, especially those who live in the more affluent parts of North Texas and the Dallas – Fort Worth metroplex, may not realize is how much heroin is coming into our…
False Arrests From Flawed Cocaine Detection Kit: the NIK 6500 is Bad News for Texas
Cocaine possession is a serious felony and law enforcement in North Texas takes this crime very seriously. In the past, it took awhile for police to charge someone officially with having cocaine because it took some time for the lab to verify that the white powder taken into evidence was indeed an illegal, controlled substance….
Lots of Heroin Arrests Will Be Happening Here in Texas As Feds, Locals Target Growing Heroin Market
A couple of weeks ago, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was visiting the regional FBI office in Boston and while he was there, he held a little press conference. And what was a big topic on the mind of the Top Man at the FBI? Well, in what isn’t a big…
Trusting Prosecutors With Forensic Lab Evidence? Consider Harris County District Attorney: Notices Sent of 100s of Wrongful Convictions
Here in Dallas County, the District Attorney’s Office is getting its very own forensics evidence lab set up smack dab in the courthouse. So convenient, right? We’ve posted on this development here (read the post) and others have voiced their concern over having the prosecutor so very-very-close to the evidence lab. Well, here’s more to ponder…
Carson County Money Laundering Case Dismissed
Mr. Lowe’s client was stopped by Danny Dawson, 100th Judicial District of Texas (Carson County, Donley County, Hall County, Collingsworth County and Childress County) Peace Officer for District Attorney Luke Inman travelling Westbound on IH-40. Officer Dawson was able to convince Mr. Lowe’s client to allow him to search the vehicle. Mr. Lowe’s client was…
Marijuana Tourism and Texas: The Lesson of Jacob Lavoro
As marijuana product lines flourish and recreational marijuana is legalized in nearby Colorado, what does it mean to Dallas? Serious charges in you’re caught with pot in any form: Texas law has not changed. Today, nineteen year old Jacob Lavoro and his family got some great news: the Williamson County District Attorney decided to drop…
Get Your Federal Drug Sentence Reduced: New Retroactive Reduction of Federal Sentences
Last week, people serving time behind bars for federal drug crimes got some great news. The agency in charge of federal sentencing changed its policy. Now, thousands of prisoners will be able to get an early release from federal prisons around the country. People who are already serving time on federal drug convictions may be…
Drug Free Zones in Texas: Serious Issue for Defendants Arrested for Drug Crimes
If you have to be arrested for drug possession in Texas, then try and make sure you’re not busted in a designated “Drug Free Zone.” Why? If you are caught with illegal drugs by law enforcement in a Drug Free Zone, then you’re going to be facing more serious and severe sentencing and more time…
