Welfare check nets drug arrest
On Friday, June 9th around 5pm, Hood County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to the 2300 block of Lipan Hwy. in reference to a welfare check of a male sleeping in the vehicle.
Deputies located 32 year old Andrew Scott Strey, who was in possession of over a gram of meth and several prescription pills without a prescription (trazodone and gabapentin).
Strey was arrested and charged with
Man/Del of a Controlled Substance (felony 2-bond $20,000) and Possession of a Dangerous Drug (class A misd-bond $2,500).
Strey is currently in jail at press time.