TWO ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON CO. ON DRUG, WEAPON CHARGES

  

Two suspects have bonded out of the Washington County Jail, after their arrests over the weekend on various drug and weapons charges.

Last Friday morning, at around 7 a.m., deputies stopped a vehicle traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed on Highway 290. Upon making contact with the vehicle’s occupants, deputies found a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.  After searching, they would find numerous individually wrapped packages of marijuana.

The passenger of the vehicle, 20-year-old Deandra Nichole Garcia of San Antonio, advised she had additional marijuana packages hidden on her person. After she was arrested and taken to the Washington County Jail, a staff member searched her person and found an additional ten plastic baggies holding marijuana.

Garcia was charged with Possession of Marijuana, Tampering or Fabricating Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair, and Prohibited Substance in a Correctional Facility. She posted bonds totaling $25,000 on Saturday, and was released from custody.

Saturday morning, at around 7 a.m., deputies stopped another vehicle headed east on Highway 290 at a high rate of speed. Once deputies made contact with the occupants of the vehicle, they detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.

A passenger, 18-year-old Gabriel Aron Moore of Round Rock, advised authorities that marijuana and a firearm were inside the vehicle, and took responsibility of both. Deputies found under two ounces of marijuana, a vape pen containing THC oil, and a Glock 19 pistol inside the vehicle.  A weapons check through Washington County dispatch confirmed the firearm was stolen from Brazos County.

Moore was arrested and taken to the Washington County Jail, where he was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Theft of a Firearm, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Moore posted bonds totaling $23,400, and was released later that day.