LUMBERTON — At 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Hardin County Sheriff's Office along with several agencies across Southeast Texas began serving arrest warrants on 17 suspects following a five-month investigation..
Police converged to 224 South Village Creek Parkway in Lumberton, serving an arrest warrant for delivery of a controlled substance.
Lumberton Police found LSD and 11 ounces of marijuana as well.
Even more alarming, a baby boy was also inside.
Lumberton police chief Danny Sullins says "Child Protection Services (CPS) was called out here because they had a three-week-old baby. I could smell marijuana out here in the yard. Obviously, they were smoking it right in front of that three-week-old baby and so CPS is removing the child from the residence."
Officers took the mother, father and grandfather into custody.
They're expected to be charged with possession of marijuana, a felony charge that carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison, as well as child endangerment.
Hardin County deputies arrest several in round-up
Additionally, the father will be booked for delivery of LSD.
Wednesday's arrests are part of a county-wide sting aimed at targeting suspects for crimes ranging from possession and distribution of illegal narcotics, forgery, property crimes and parole violation.
Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis hopes Wednesday's arrests send a strong message to criminals.
Davis says "We want the drug dealers, users and addicts to know that there are consequences for their actions. More especially, we want them to know that if they're going to do that they are going to get caught."
Silsbee, Sour Lake, and Lumberton Police all assisted Hardin County Sheriff's deputies with these arrests.
According to Hardin County Sheriff's Office, seven of the 17 suspects were arrested, with two additional individuals taken into custody.
One for interfering with an arrest and another for a parole violation found during one of the raids.
Those arrested Wednesday were:
Taylor Preston Dyer (Delivery Controlled Substance)
Harley Beaver (Possession Controlled Substance)
Crystal Rae Burton (Probation Violation)
Daniel Wayne Carter (Probation Violation)
Jeremy Dalton Gage (Delivery Controlled Substance)
Bill Wayne Bailey (Delivery Controlled Substance)
Summer Nicole Hartt (Probation Violation)
Samuel Dennis Haynes (Delivery Controlled Substance)
Kristen Grozier (Parole Violation)