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Former police chief sentenced to 15 years for drug, money laundering charges

By Sharon Raissi,

1 day ago

HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas ( KETK ) – Former Payne Springs Chief of Police April Meadows was sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering and manufacturing/delivering drugs.

She was sentenced to two years for the money laundering charge and 15 years for the felony drug charge in a Henderson County court on Tuesday. Those sentences are set to run concurrently to one another and Meadows already has almost a year’s worth of jail credit.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3kV2ZV_0vBifAK400 — *Mugshot courtesy of Henderson County judicial records*

Meadows was arrested along with Jonathan Hutchison, a former police officer. Earlier this month, Hutchison was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.

Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said at the time of their arrests that search warrants served at their homes revealed controlled substances inside.

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