FORMER BRENHAM STORE OWNER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS
(Washington Co. Jail)
A former Brenham store owner has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
53-year old Asraf Ali of Richmond, pleaded guilty last November to four counts to Delivery of a Controlled Substance after undercover investigators from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office say they purchased synthetic marijuana from Ali’s store on Highway 36 North.
A search of Ali’s store and an adjacent storage unit turned up over 300 bags of the substance as well as drug paraphernalia, including: pipes, bongs, screens and grinders.
Ali received a 10-year prison term and three sentences of 10 years’ probation. If he is released on parole for the 10-year prison term, he will still have to serve the remainder of the three probation terms, which run concurrently.
Assistant District Attorney Derek Estep prosecuted the case, while Ali was represented by Travis Fleetwood of Brenham and Geoff Connor of Austin.
District Attorney Julie Renken says this sentence bolsters her vow that her office, “will not offer probation for people caught selling drugs.”