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Former East Texas police chief accepts plea for money laundering, drug charges

By Sharon Raissi,

2024-06-12

HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas ( KETK ) – Former Payne Springs Chief of Police April Meadows accepted a plea last month for charges of money laundering and manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance.

According to court documents, she must give up her peace officers license as part of her plea. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 27 at 9 a.m.

Meadows was accused alongside former Payne Springs police officer Jonathan Hutchison, who is also accused of money laundering and manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said at the time of their arrests that search warrants of their homes revealed controlled substances inside.

Hutchison has a sentencing hearing scheduled for Aug. 12 in a Henderson County court.

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