The family of a young woman killed by a Fort Worth police officer in an alleged DUI crash is suing one of the bars he drank in that night.

The family of 27 year-old Sonia Baker is suing the Pour House on West 7th Street in Fort Worth. The lawsuit alleges that Fort Worth narcotics officer Jesus Cisneros was served alcohol at the bar until he was dangerously drunk. Cisneros left the bar and was involved in the crash with Baker.

Attorney for Baker’s family, Jeff Rasansky, said there is evidence to back up the claims of the lawsuit. “We understand that there are video tapes that we have not seen, that establish the fact that he had four beers and four hard liquor shots. Obviously he was intoxicated.” said Rasansky.

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United States Border Patrol agents in Texas seized 715 pounds of marijuana from an SUV Tuesday.

Border Patrol agents stationed near Abram spotted a suspicious sports utility vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed near a Rio Grande River access area. According to police, agents pursued the vehicle and the driver attempted a quick U-turn and crashed into a fence. Border Patrol agents arrested the driver after discovering a stash of 344 bundles of marijuana.

According to United States Border Patrol agents, the marijuana has a street value of $572,000. Agents for the United States Drug Enforcement Agency assumed custody of the driver and the drugs.

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Police in Florida seized over 58 pounds of marijuana that was being shipped from Texas.

Investigators with the Jackson County Drug Task force initiated an investigation into the trafficking of large amounts of marijuana on Interstate 10. On February 23, police observed a Ford truck driving erratically on the highway. The car was stopped, and upon making contact with the occupants, police deployed narcotics detection canines around the vehicle. Both canines alerted officers to the presence of narcotics in a toolbox in the bed of the pickup truck. A search of the vehicle uncovered nine packages of marijuana weighing a total of 58.75 pounds.

Digital scales a .40 caliber Glock pistol with laser sights were found during a search of the car’s interior. The three men in the vehicle were all charged with trafficking marijuana and placed under arrest by the Florida Highway Patrol.

All three men were from Texas.

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Three people have been arrested following a raid on a mobile home in East Texas where police found an alleged methamphetamine lab.

According to the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office says the supplies used for making crystal meth were discovered inside the trailer Thursday. Sgt. Allen Hill said sheriff’s deputies seized about 1,000 grams of liquid meth after going to the mobile home in connection with a stolen pistol investigation.

Two men and one women, all from Lufkin, are facing drug related charges.

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United States Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas seized 31 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday.

A statement released by the U.S. Border Patrol says agents discovered the drugs in a truck attempting to cross the border. A search of the vehicle uncovered numerous framed portraits of Jesus Christ. Agents removed the paintings’ backing to find 31 bundles of marijuana, totaling more than 31 pounds.

The truck was driven by a 22 year-old Mexican woman from Ciudad Juarez. She informed the agents that she had nothing to declare but some framed art.

Border Patrol agents told reporters that the woman was turned over to the El Paso Police Department for prosecution.

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