Howe’s new K9 sniffs out narcotics, sends three to jail

Early Sunday morning, January 14, 2018 at 01:47 am, Howe Sgt. Kieth Milks stopped a silver 1999 Ford Taurus on northbound U.S. Highway 75 for a traffic violation. Sgt. Milks detected signs of nervousness in the driver and passengers.  Once backup arrived, he deployed Howe PD’s new K9 “Loki.”  Loki alerted to the odor of narcotics and during the probable cause search of the vehicle which allowed Sgt. Milks recovered three handguns from under each seat and 15 one-gram packets of marijuana packaged for sale that no one claimed and all had access to. Milks arrested the driver and two passengers and charged them all with POM < 2oz and weapons charges. One of the passengers was a convicted felon and was also charged with Unlawful possession of a firearm.

The arrested and their charges were:

19-year-old Kemond Taylor of Dallas: POM < 2oz, Unlawful carrying of a weapon.
18-year-old TC Jeffrey III of Dallas: POM < 2oz, Unlawful carting of a weapon.
21-year-old Jordan Thomas of Dallas: POM < 2oz, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.