Harris County: 90 drug cases dismissed

According to Herman he immediately fired the deputy who had worked in the evidence room for 14 years. The deputy had no charges filed against him. 08/27 2016TYLER, Texas (KTRK)- The Harris County District Attorney’s office has dismissed 90 drug cases after a...

Precinct 4 Deputy Accidentally Tossed Untold Amount of Drug Evidence

In any case, sounds like these defendants lucked out. August 25, 20Thanks to the error of one Harris County Precinct 4 deputy, an untold number of accused drug offenders might be off the hook.In January, Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said his office discovered that...

Precinct 4 Constable blames missing drug evidence on human error

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has thrown out a drug case after an employee discarded crucial evidence. August 18, 2016HOUSTON (KTRK) — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has thrown out a drug case after an employee discarded...

Fired Abilene police officer accused of mishandling marijuana evidence to be reinstated

City and police officials argued during the hearing that Jefferson checked out an unknown amount of marijuana from the evidence room on Sept. 3, 2009, and never returned it. They could find no record or person to validate Jefferson’s claim that it was returned....

Austin Scrambles with Fallout of Closed DNA Lab

In June, the Texas Forensic Science Commission told the department its audit had found that untrained staff and improper testing procedures raised concerns about the scientific validity of the lab’s DNA test results. July 30, 2016More than a month after the...

Ex-South Texas officer convicted in drug scheme

A former South Texas police officer has been convicted on federal drug charges for stealing cocaine and then staging a fake bust to cover up the theft. July 14, 2016MCALLEN, Texas A former South Texas police officer has been convicted on federal drug charges for...