WARREN – A Livingston man was caught with more than two ounces of meth last week near Warren, according to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford.
Weatherford said that on the morning of Thursday, June 11, deputies with the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling around Warren, along FM 1943, and stopped 50-year-old Earl Buster Matthews, of Livingston, for a traffic violation.
Matthews told the deputies he’d recently moved to Warren, and according to Weatherford, the deputies developed probable cause to search Matthews’ truck.
The search, which Matthews consented to, uncovered a clear plastic baggie containing a white, crystalline substance, which field-tested positive for methamphetamine.
Matthews was arrested and transported to the Tyler County Jail, and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance (Penalty Group 1) for the meth possession. Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace Tina Self set his bond at $50,000.
Under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, any possession charge of a controlled substance within the Penalty Group 1 classification between four grams and 199 grams triggers a second-degree felony charge, which is punishable by a possible prison sentence of two to 20 years and a fine of up to $10,000, if convicted.
