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May 17, 2012
Steven Cox: This Close To Not Getting Busted With 30 Pounds of Weed
Steven Cox used to be a jailer for Galveston County, but left that job for the greener pastures of working for a Dollar General store. He's back in the jail business now, but on the other side of the bars. He was arrested for possession of 30 pounds of marijuana in a case where it sounds like he al ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Darlene Mayes: Shocking New Details in Oklahoma Ganja Granny Case
If you want to make it as a writer in Hollywood, you have to hone your ideas into "elevator pitches," short descriptive bursts that can intrigue the big cigars between floors in office buildings. The case of Darlene Mayes is an easy one: Weeds meets Breaking Bad meets Golden Girls, with a Shakespea ... More >>
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March 27, 2012
Kevin Corley's Murder-For-Hire/Drug Complaint Reads Like Quentin Tarantino Movie
Kevin Corley was one of a group of men whose arrests were announced today by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston, and let's just say the man makes for a good criminal complaint. It reads like a Quentin Tarantino rip-off and has guns, drugs and a murder for hire in which the killer promised to car ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
TCU Football Players Are in a Drug Ring -- "Big Time" Football Hits Fort Worth
Ladies and gentlemen, your TCU Stoned FrogsIn January 2010, TCU finally made it to a BCS bowl game when they played the Boise State Broncos. The Horned Frogs lost that game 17-10, so any feeling that they hit the "big time" had to be somewhat muted. So the next season, not only did the Horne ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Christmas Catfight Lands Mom and (Alleged) Meth-Peddling Daughter Behind Bars (w/VIDEO)
Trinity County Constables OfficeBrandy Liles: Now facing another felony, on top of two from her earlier case.A woman charged with meth possession earlier this month is behind bars again after she and her mother were filmed beating a woman they suspected had been working with the police. Acc ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2011
Morris "Big Boy" Jones: Luck Runs Out for (Alleged) Westside Fence
According to court records, police already had Morris "Big Boy" Jones over a barrel when they rolled up outside his Katy home. A criminal complaint shows they had already seized more than $30,000 worth of stolen Palais Royal threads from his storefront way out Clay Road. And when police went to visi ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
How Not to Turn Yourself in for Arrest When High
I turned myself in, for something I didn't do, 'cause I got hiiiiiiiggggh.If you have a warrant or two for your arrest, it's a good idea to go ahead and turn yourself in. That way you get to pick when you are detained, and not the boys in blue, who might just haul you in at a very inconvenien ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Chicago Bears WR Sam Hurd Has a Ring...a Drug Ring!
The Stringer Bell School of Entrepreneurship.I remember former Houston Texans (and now Washington Redskins) wide receiver David Anderson telling me a couple years ago about a program that the NFL offered players in which they could travel to prestigious universities during the off season and ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Bad Mugshot Bonanza: Five Longview Crime All-Stars Netted in Single Drug Bust
An expired inspection sticker led to fresh arrests for five of Longview's most frequently busted miscreants Friday. Police say that 48-year-old Howard "Cowboy" Perkins and 47-year-old Clifton Ardry were stopped while riding in a pickup near the home of 54-year-old, Biblically bearded George Cliffor ... More >>
News
November 17, 2011
Texas Tweakers
James "Bull" Durham burned down his mother's house while cooking meth. In Angelina County, the jail is full of guys like him..
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Gary Robert Watson, Bentley-Driving Alleged Heights-Area Coke Dealer, Goes Down in Target Parking Lot Bust
The Bentley is goneUp until September 16, Gary Robert Watson was living pretty large. He had the swanky condo in the Sawyer Heights development overlooking the Heights Target. Every day he drove a 2006 Bentley into the garage, and on his thick wrist the giant of a man rocked a $3K Breitling. ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
DPS: The Mexican Drug Cartels Are Coming After Texas High Schoolers
They're coming for your high schoolers.The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a warning today to state residents that didn't sound at all alarming; it just mentioned that "the Mexican Cartels are Recruiting Texas High School Students." Yes, those innocent kids you blithely send off to ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2011
HPD Sting Snags HBU Cop with Coke
A three-year veteran of the Houston Baptist University police force has been fired and now faces first-degree felony drug charges after the Houston Police Department caught him in a sting operation yesterday. According to the Harris County District Attorney's office, HPD had received a tip that an ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Gilmore Cox: Lufkin Man Gets 35 Years and 20 Years on Seperate Meth Charges
An unhappy Gilmore CoxGilmore Cox had a bad day in court on Wednesday. After pleading guilty last month to charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of transport chemicals with intent to manufacture, Angelina County district court judge Barry Bryan sentenced him to 35 yea ... More >>
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September 5, 2011
Cops Raid Northwest Side Barber Shop, Find Stupefying Quantity and Variety of Drugs
This is almost as freaky as GoodfellazMy oh my the Goodfellaz Master Barber Shop certainly did live up to it's gangster-iffic name, if a court document Hair Balls obtained is to be believed. On August 4, a gang/narcotics investigation culminated with a raid on the North Houston Rosslyn Road ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Leslie Aikens: HPD Cop Indicted for Drug-Running, Taking Bribe
Leslie Aikens: Allegedly dealing cokeThe feds unsealed an indictment today against a 19-year veteran of the Houston police force accused of drug trafficking and taking a $2,000 bribe. Leslie Aikens, 46, was arrested at the end of his shift today. He is charged with aiding and abetting the p ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Feds Bring Down Hammer on Lufkin Meth Trade
In two distinct actions, federal authorities have indicted 17 East Texans on over 200 counts of crimes related to the crystal methamphetamine trade in and around Lufkin. You just might be hearing this song all over town this week: In the first action, the Lufkin Daily News has reported that a fed ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
"Project Delirium": Big Nationwide Drug Round-Up Results in Texas Arrests
The hammer comes down.No, "Project Delirium" isn't the latest Anthrax album; It's a nationwide crackdown targeting alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana Drug Cartel. It's been a 20-month operation, and in the latest wave of arrests beginning this month, 221 suspects have been taken in ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Dennis Hollifield: Guns, Toddlers and Showing Cops Where He Keeps His Meth
Photos Montgomery County Police ReporterDennis Hollifield: Dazed and confused.Dennis Eugene Hollifield of (naturally) Splendora looks like Robert Plant coming off a wild night, but he shows none of Plant's ability in Led Zeppelin's heyday to explain away the occasional guns-and-drugs episode ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
That's a Whole Lotta Weed, Son: 1,700 Pounds of Marijuana Seized in Ft. Bend County
"Mike" from the K-9 unit looking awfully smug...or stoned.So, there you are, rolling down the highway in your tractor trailer filled with weed one minute, just minding your own business, and the next minute, you are busted by a drug sniffing dog. Mama said there'd be days like this. Apparent ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Mexican Drug Cartel: U.S. Rep and Sheriff Talk Tough on Keeping Them Out of Houston
The Mexican drug cartels didn't reckon on McCaul and Garcia.U.S. Representative Mike McCaul and Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia met today and said they are going to do whatever it takes to stop Mexican drug cartels from coming to Houston. Because we want our coke and weed from American d ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
Alejandro Smith: TDCJ Prison Guard Was Also Heroin Dealer, Prosecutors Say
TDCJ: Who's guarding the guards?A Texas Department of Criminal Justice guard has been arrested and charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Alejandro Smith, 21, worked in Huntsville's Eastham Unit; police got a tip that he was "providing contraband to prisoners," the U.S. ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
"Driving While Taking Upskirt Pictures" Lands East Texas Pair in Pokey
Photos Angelina County JailApril Peeples in front of the cameras again.It sounds like May 17 was a busy day for Angelina County sheriff Kent Henson. While he was at the scene of a meth lab bust, his radio crackled with news of a burglary in progress nearby, so he hopped in his car and sped of ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Baggage Handlers Arrested For Helping Houston Drug Ring Make Deliveries
Operation Excess Baggage hits homeFederal agents arrested a dozen baggage handler and airline employees in Detroit today for being ever so helpful to two drug rings, one operating from Jamaica and one from right here in Houston. Coke and weed were transported via baggage on regularly schedul ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Bernardo Bernal: Seven-Year-Old Son Took Daddy's Ecstasy To School
San Benito PDBernardo BernalSan Benito dad Bernardo Bernal, 27, was jailed earlier this month after his seven-year-old son allegedly took a handful of ecstasy out of daddy's backpack and started handing the brightly colored pills out like candy to his classmates. One of the boys took his dis ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Comment of the Day: Who Loves the K2 Ban?
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Johnny Jolly: Troubled Packer, Former Aggie Busted Again for Purple Drank
Jolly (left) shown here saluting police.Johnny Jolly is in a heap of shit. With a 2008 felony drug case still unresolved, the former Texas A&M standout has added another today. The troubled Green Bay Packer defensive end was pulled over just after midnight Friday. Police claim to have found ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Montgomery County Cops Take Down Motel Meth Lab In New Caney
She's 34...THIRTY-FOUR!Acting on a tip, Montgomery County Constables took down a "shake and bake" meth lab in a New Caney motel in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Arrested were 34-year-old Kerry Lee Datray, of Cleveland, and 38-year-old Wayne Paul Walters of Lufkin. Each was charged manu ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Henry Fairlie: Harris County Jail Officer Charged With Smuggling Drugs & Contraband
Photo courtesy HCSOHenry Fairlie: Trying to keep the customers satisfiedThe concierge service at the Harris County Jail just got a little more inadequate: a detention officer has been arrested and charged with trying to deliver drugs and contraband into the facility.Note to incarcerated customers ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2010
Maria Ipina: Valley Cops Say Toddler Caught Peddling Weed Door-to-Door
First rule, kid: Don't take nothing but cashEven the most grizzled cops in the Rio Grande Valley town of San Juan say this is a new one for them, and that's saying something.They say they have had to remove a four-year-old girl from her home after neighbors complained that the pre-kindergartener ... More >>
News
September 23, 2010
Pinalcchio
Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Jaime Zamora: That's No City Park Worker, That's (Allegedly) A Murdering Drug-Cartel Kingpin
Breeding ground for drug kingpinsJaime Zamora had a good, steady job in Houston's Parks Department.What could be more exciting than that?Importing millions of dollars' worth of cocaine and murdering rivals, apparently.Zamora, 40, was sentenced today to more than 27 years in federal prison for dis ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
Valley Sheriffs Want To Search Southbound Cars, Too
Be careful headin' southBe careful if you're driving south with your guns and life savings. If some sheriffs have their way, county cops could take it all away.Late last week, sheriffs from Cameron County and El Paso County announced that they would love it if deputies started inspecting every ca ... More >>
News
August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied
Unlike refugees from other troubled countries, only a fraction of Mexicans seeking U.S. asylum are accepted – no matter how horrible their wounds or their stories.
News
August 12, 2010
Seized
Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Brian Bledsoe And Esther Sustaita: Home-Grilled Meat Spells Doom For Bryan Pair's Alleged Motel Drug Spree
Photos courtesy BCSOBBQ at the hotelBrian Bledsoe and Esther Sustaita had made all the arrangements, and their alleged Tuesday evening drug bender was going well. They had rented a room at the Travel Lodge on Bryan's Texas Avenue, and the pharmaceutical cornucopia they had on hand would have (mil ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Purple Drank Goes Pro, Thanks To ESPN
ESPN's Outside the Lines, the Emmy Award-winning investigative series that examines topical issues off the playing field, aired a feature over the weekend on Houston's very own rap mascot - purple drank - the dangerous mix of prescription codeine cough syrup and any range of mixers from Sprit ... More >>
News
June 17, 2010
The Killer of His Daughter's Mother
A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.
News
June 10, 2010
Cowboy Down
Rob Krentz's family talks about the life and death of the murdered Arizona rancher.
News
June 3, 2010
Badlands
From Ground Zero of the immigration crisis along the Mexican border
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Border War: Don't Drift Over To The Mexico Side Of Lake, Texas Warns Fishermen
Watch out for the AK-47s on the Mexican side of Falcon LakeYou're out for a peaceful day of fishing on Falcon Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, and the next thing you know you're in the middle of an intense firefight, or you're being kidnapped, or turned into a junkie by ruthless drug ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2010
Drug Kingpin Juan Jose Quintero-Payan Extradited To Texas
Welcome to Texas, dudeThe U.S. Attorney's offices of Houston and San Antonio have announced a major coup in the drug war: Mexican kingpin Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 68, has been successfully extradited from Mexico to Texas.Quintero-Payan, of Guadajara, had fought extradition for eight years, but h ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Undercover Narc Nails Big Bust At Rural High School
West Columbia is about 45 miles southwest of here; don't feel too bad if you haven't heard of it. The Brazoria County town has about 4,300 residents, 16 of whom are facing drug charges after an undercover operation in the local high school.A school-district cop went undercover at the school in Ja ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
Your Chance To Purchase A Drug Kingpin's Home!
Swamplot, which can navigate the real-estate webz better than us, has pictures of the Drug Kingpin House that you can buy for yourself next week.Located up north near Spring, the tasteful manse was the home of one Darren Odell Jones, currently housed in slightly less spacious digs after being co ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
Mark Collins, Bayou Body Count No. 67
courtesy of HCSOAaron StellyLove is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave. -- BibleIt was around a quarter to 10 at night on St. Patrick's Day when Mark Collins pulled into a motel along the North Freeway, not far from George Bush Intercontinental Airport. As he exited his car, there wa ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Same Crap, Different County: Another Small Texas Town Overpunishes Another Piddly Drug Offender
Photo courtesy DEAA lot more crack than Melvin Johnson hadThink 35 years for a brick or so of pot is bad?Try this one on for size... In a case one local defense attorney has said showed "shades of Tulia," a Bay City man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for possessing 1.3 grams of crack.Melvin ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2009
It's Really Snowing Down Near La Porte, And By "Snowing" We Mean Cocaine
As if there weren't enough snow coming down today, cops found over a million dollars' worth of it near La Porte.A Harris County deputy sheriff was on patrol with his drug-sniffing dog this morning when he "stopped the driver of a 2001 Honda Odyssey in the 10300 block of Fairmont Parkway for a tra ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2009
Dude, Where's My Air: More Fort Bend County Pot Follies
What is it with Fort Bend County stoners these days? Why do they continue to reenact scenes from Cheech and Chong movies? Last week we brought you the tale of the unlucky East Bernard motorist whose simple pot possession charge was upgraded to felony evidence-tampering after he ate the joint he was ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Edinburg Police Foiled In Attempt To Give Pot To State Prison Inmates, Apparently
They do things different down in the Valley. Like, if you're a police department, you donate some marijuana to inmates at the local state prison.Oh sure, Edinburg police are saying it was all a mistake, and no way did they intend to give 25 pounds of pot to inmates by cleverly concealing it in a ... More >>
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February 25, 1999
Cop vs. Cop
Police officers don't complain about other officers -- or else.
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