Harris County Jail drug smuggling case: Court documents reveal new details

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We're continuing to follow the ongoing drug crisis at the Harris County Jail.

Court documents are giving us new details in connection to the smuggling of drug-laced papers inside the jail.

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The story has been unfolding all week.

A retired Houston attorney 77-year-old Ronald Lewis was arrested.

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He was seen on surveillance footage visiting inmates at the jail.

But this investigation started back in the summer after two inmates died from a suspected drug overdose.

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Update on laced paper brought into Harris Co. Jail

Full news conference after investigators determined laced paper was brought into the Harris County Jail.

It led to a search warrant.

That warrant points to a second attorney who has not been charged.

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Police also named a 27-year-old Brianna Scott, who was charged with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance.

Mobile users, click here to read the court document. 

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