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Police accused of running drug ring in Texas town. Outspoken citizens terrorized and arrested.

Citizens of Covington, TX are living in fear of police accused of using their influence to operate a drug ring and arrest and terrorize citizens who speak out against their activities.

 

“They are scared to death now,” said Covington City Council member Marty Smith. “They lock their doors, they lock the car doors because they are scared of the police.”

 

Covington Police Chief Wade Laurence has emerged in the center of the accusations,WFAA.com reports.

 

“Wade Lawrence asked me what it was going to take to shut me up, and them to arrest me and handcuff me at a council meeting,” Smith said. “I’m 69 years old and I don’t need the hassle of it.”

WFAA spoke to former Covington police officer Kayla Richardson who said the trouble began one year ago when she discovered drugs missing from the police evidence locker. Police Chief Laurence was the only officer who didn’t take a lie detector test.

 

Richardson filed a report against the department with the Texas Rangers, but it was never investigated. When Chief Laurence discovered Richardson filed a report against him, she was fired.

 

Soon after, the arrests of her boyfriend and a former mayor were ordered.  WFAA reports that Richardson’s boyfriend was charged with assault and the ex-mayor with credit card abuse. Both are saying the arrests were out of retaliation.

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