drug possession

Woman calls police multiple times asking to be arrested

Kelli Lunceford | Photo: Liberty Police Department

The Liberty Police Department received multiple calls Nov. 19 from a woman who said she wanted to turn herself in, the department said in a release.

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Beaumont man who tried to bribe witness gets 25 years for cocaine possession

State District Judge Larry Gist of the Drug Impact Court of Jefferson County accepted a jury verdict and sentenced John Toran, 40, to 25 years in prison on May 22, announced Criminal District Attorney Bob Wortham.

Information presented in court indicates that on April 5, 2016, Beaumont Police Officers R. Dommert and C. Wier were conducting a routine traffic stop in Beaumont. John Toran, the defendant, was the sole occupant of the vehicle. Pursuant to a consensual search of the vehicle, the officers discovered 34 grams of concealed cocaine. 

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