Post by Shuftin on Jul 25, 2006 0:42:44 GMT -5
07/06/2006
Eight days after being arrested in a public intoxication case, a Jasper County constable was busted on a charge of drug possession late Wednesday night in Silsbee.
Fred Peters, precinct 6 constable in the Evadale area, possessed methamphetamines when undercover law enforcement officers met him at the Pinewood Inn motel off U.S. 96, according to a Silsbee police press release.
Charged with delivery of a controlled substance - a second-degree felony with a penalty up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine - Peters is being held at the Hardin County Jail.
A joint investigation between Beaumont and Silsbee police departments led to the 59-year-old constable's arrest, Silsbee Police Chief Tommy Bartosh said in a press release.
Lumberton Police arrested Peters on a charge of public intoxication on June 27. The constable was a passenger in a GMC truck headed southbound on U.S. 96 early that morning. Officials said Peters was arrested because he was a danger to himself and others. He also didn't have a ride home.
While Peters wasn't required to report the Class C misdemeanor to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, he does face possible termination based on the possession charge.
Within 30 days of this arrest, Peters must report it in writing twice to the law enforcement commission because he is not only the offender but also the chief administrator. Upon the outcome, Peters could lose his license, a commission legal official said, but he can still hold office and perform his duties until then.
In February, Peters was arrested in a theft-by-check case in Jefferson County.
Eight days after being arrested in a public intoxication case, a Jasper County constable was busted on a charge of drug possession late Wednesday night in Silsbee.
Fred Peters, precinct 6 constable in the Evadale area, possessed methamphetamines when undercover law enforcement officers met him at the Pinewood Inn motel off U.S. 96, according to a Silsbee police press release.
Charged with delivery of a controlled substance - a second-degree felony with a penalty up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine - Peters is being held at the Hardin County Jail.
A joint investigation between Beaumont and Silsbee police departments led to the 59-year-old constable's arrest, Silsbee Police Chief Tommy Bartosh said in a press release.
Lumberton Police arrested Peters on a charge of public intoxication on June 27. The constable was a passenger in a GMC truck headed southbound on U.S. 96 early that morning. Officials said Peters was arrested because he was a danger to himself and others. He also didn't have a ride home.
While Peters wasn't required to report the Class C misdemeanor to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, he does face possible termination based on the possession charge.
Within 30 days of this arrest, Peters must report it in writing twice to the law enforcement commission because he is not only the offender but also the chief administrator. Upon the outcome, Peters could lose his license, a commission legal official said, but he can still hold office and perform his duties until then.
In February, Peters was arrested in a theft-by-check case in Jefferson County.