Former bail bondswoman arrested for drug, gun charges in East Texas

UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas ( KETK ) – A former bail bondswoman was arrested on drug and gun charges on Tuesday.

According to the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, Shannon Rosser of Diana was arrested on two counts of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance and one charge of possession of a stolen firearm.

Officers visited her home for an unrelated reason and reportedly found the stolen gun and narcotics which led to them securing a search warrant. While serving the warrant, authorities found more narcotics and “items common to the distribution of narcotics.”

Deputies also confiscated more than 20 other firearms in a detached storage building, and they will investigate to determine the “proper ownership of the items.”

“Shannon Rosser had operated as a bail bondsman for a long while in Upshur County, under the company name of Second Chance Bail Bonds,” according to the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office. “Her activities and associations with known area drug dealers had come to the attention of the Sheriff’s Office several months ago. In May of this year, Sheriff Webb notified Rosser that her bonding privileges were terminated at the U.C.S.O. Jail.”

Rosser’s bond was set at $320,000.

Police also arrested John Sartor Jr., who lives at the home with Rosser, with one count of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance. His bond was set at $150,000.

The investigation is ongoing and the sheriff’s office will give more information as the case develops.

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