By Chris Edwards
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FRED – The Tyler County Sheriff’s Office reported that a search warrant served on a home in Fred resulted in the discovery of multiple items, including an alleged drug lab and subsequent charges for a man and woman.
According to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, the warrant was served on Thursday, August 8. Weatherford said that TCSO deputies, along with personnel from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) were involved in serving the warrant.
When law enforcement was arriving, Weatherford said that the occupants of the house, Brandon Kyle Colotta and Jennifer Lamb Colotta, both 37, were driving away. Officers were able to stop them and take them into custody.
Weatherford said the search turned up various drugs, guns and explosive devices, including 30 pounds of marijuana; more than five pounds apiece of psychedelic mushrooms and THC edibles; several trashbags full of prescription pills; an UZI-style handgun and threaded pipe and gunpowder. Weatherford said that an 18-wheeler trailer was also on the property, “which appeared to be converted into a lab.”
The duo were booked into the Tyler County Jail, and each charged with two counts of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance (one each for greater than, or equal to four grams, but fewer than 400) and possession of marijuana (greater than five lbs.). The bond on Brandon Colotta was set at $600K and the bond for Jennifer Colotta at $550K. Jail records show that both bonded out last week.
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