Crimes committed in Texas sometimes become federal prosecutions. Generally when the federal government assumes jurisdiction over criminal cases the penalties and the actual amont of time spent in prison will be more severe than under the Texas legal system. More…
Category: Drug Crime
2021
Major drug cases in Texas frequently make as illustrated by a recent case in south Texas.
An El Paso man is now facing up to life in prison and fines up to $10 million for possessing illegal drugs
with the…
2021
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
When you hear the term “drug trafficking”, it probably conjures images of El Chapo or Pablo Escobar. And while you’re not wrong, you don’t have to be head of a world-famous crime syndicate to be charged with drug trafficking in…
2021
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Drug trafficking charges are frequently the result of racial profiling. This is especially so in the state of Texas and Harris County in particular.
Data backs up the charge that people of color are targeted by the police in…
2020
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Smuggling | Drug Trafficking
Law enforcement officers have broad discretion and legal responsibility to uphold the law. That doesn’t make them above the law, however.
Unfortunately, investigations like Operation Blue Shame reveal that some officers abuse their law enforcement discretion to a point…
2020
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Distribution | Drug Manufacturing | Drug Trafficking
Few would accuse meth dealers of making great decisions, but one Texas man may take the prize for creativity.
Along with over a dozen other associates, this particular individual was recently sentenced to more than two decades in federal…
2020
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Interfere with federal drug crime investigations and you may become the subject of an investigation yourself.
At least, that’s what happened to one paralegal specialist working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio recently.
After allegedly tipping…
2020
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Manufacturing | Drug Trafficking
In an effort to disrupt the distribution of methamphetamine across the country, federal law enforcement officials have allocated new resources.
A bill passed in late 2019 by Congress allowed federal money to be used in the fight against meth…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Federal investigators have fast-tracked a criminal case against former VA nurse in Massachusetts. Mere weeks after her arrest, a grand jury has issued an indictment of her on two controlled substance charges.
The indictment charges that she diverted pain…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Owners of a renowned Dallas-based “headshop” (a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia for the consumption of cannabis and/or tobacco), the Gas Pipe, were recently acquitted of drug trafficking charges after being accused of directly contributing to what was dubbed…