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Monday, February 6, 2012 at 2:02 pm

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​Jason Abbott noticed his small bag of coke had fallen onto the Walmart customer-service counter, so he put his motorcycle helmet over hit. He left without remembering to grab it, though, but had helpfully left his address and phone number so cops could track him down.Houston Press has the story.

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Friday, February 3, 2012 at 5:03 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: The grows were located in 25 homes, many of which contained thousands of plants generating tons of mold. And that's not to mention the sixteen arrests, seven kids taken into custody, forty weapons and...Iraqi dinar? Westword has the story.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:04 am

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​Faylisa Bailey and her beau needed a place to live, so the two meth-heads became squatters in the East Texas home of an Army couple away on duty. Apparently they didn't like the decorating style, so they tried to sell the couple's furnishings in a yard sale. Fortunately a relative of the Army couple saw what was going on. Houston Press has the story.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11:14 am

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​Geneva Espinoza has put in a strong case for Mom of the Year: pulled over for littering, cops smelled marijuana, saw her three-year-old running free in the back seat, and found Ecstasy, Xanax and bags of coke in her panties and within reach of the kid.Houston Press has the story.

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Friday, January 27, 2012 at 6:02 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Hampers claims that instead of selling or distributing the Ambien, Valium and so on, he gobbled them all himself. And then there were his sexual obsessions, one with a TV reporter. Westword has the story.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 5:06 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: For six years, the Lovers allegedly used various club houses as HQ for a drug empire defended by a wide range of firearms, flash-bang devices and more. And guess where they got some of their showier stuff. Westword has the story.

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Monday, January 2, 2012 at 4:34 am

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Vintage holiday-season breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: In all, 35 people were rounded up, along with 53 kilos of coke and $650,000 in cash. The drugs started in Juarez, crossed the border to El Paso and then headed north. Westword has the story.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 4:22 pm
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The megasmuggler featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys had suffered through a lengthy battle with cancer. Originally from a Mafia-connected family in New York, Roberts served a tour in Vietnam. According to his memoir, he spent much of it skinning people alive. He made hundreds of millions of dollars smuggling cocaine for the Medellín Cartel into Miami in the '80s, and claimed to be a close crony of Pablo Escobar. Miami New Times has the story.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 4:56 am

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Vintage holiday-season breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Hollins and two alleged accomplices busted in through the dispensary's back door after hours. When cops spotted them, they attempted to flee but failed. Cue the excuse, and it was a novel one. Westword has the story.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm

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​Tess Ferguson has had plenty of experience in the Texas judicial system, thanks to a number of drug sharges. Her life philosophy, as outlined on her Facebook page, is a thing of wonder and, hilarity and sadness.Houston Press has the story.

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