Texas Attorney Accused of Smuggling Drug-Laced Papers to Inmates in County Jail

Texas Attorney Accused of Smuggling Drug-Laced Papers to Inmates in County Jail
Ronald Lewis. Harris County Sheriff's Office via AP
The Associated Press
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HOUSTON—A Texas attorney has been accused of using work-related visits to a county jail to smuggle in legal paperwork laced with ecstasy and synthetic marijuana to inmates over the past several months, authorities announced Monday.

Ronald Lewis, 77, was arrested on Friday after arriving at the Harris County Jail in Houston to visit an inmate, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at a news conference.