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Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – An arrest warrant has been issued for Texas State Rep. Poncho Nevarez has admitted to dropping several baggies of cocaine at an Austin airport on Sept 6.
He’s expected to be charged with third-degree felony drug possession — which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.
After admitting that the drugs were his, Nevarez said would seek treatment; last week, he announced that not run for re-election.
(Copyright 2019 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. The Dallas Morning News contributed material to the report.)
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Austin (WBAP/KLIF) A prominent Texas state lawmaker has admitted that he dropped an envelope containing several baggies of cocaine at an Austin airport, and he says he will seek drug treatment.
The state police say that airport security cameras caught Democratic state Rep. Poncho Nevarez dropping the envelope bearing his official state letterhead on the ground as he climbed into a vehicle on Sept. 6.
Nevarez, an attorney from the West Texas city of Eagle Pass, is chairman of the Texas House’s Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee. He announced last month that he wouldn’t seek re-election.
He hasn’t been charged, but investigators said in an affidavit that he is suspected of third-degree felony drug possession, which carries a maximum prison term of 10 years.
(Associated Press)
