BRENHAM MAN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES TUESDAY

  

A Brenham man is in custody after his arrest drug charges.

Tuesday morning, the Brenham Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence on Old Chappell Hill Road.

The Crime Reduction Unit had been investigating 29-year old Ernest James Dever, Jr. of Brenham, during the last few months for distribution of crack cocaine.

During the execution of the search warrant, officers located over 40 grams of crack cocaine and a large amount of tablets believed to be ecstasy.

There was also a pistol that had been tampered with, a set of scales, and over $3600.00 in cash.

Dever, who was currently on parole, was taken into custody and is in the Washington County Jail on two counts of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance and 2 counts of Abandoning/Endangering a Child.