Ex-Gregg County DA gets Deferred Adjudication for Cocaine Possession

GREGG COUNTY — A former Gregg County district attorney was fingerprinted Friday in the 188th District Court in Longview after pleading guilty to cocaine possession and revealing he was struggling with addiction when he was arrested in February 2015. According to KETK, Longview attorney Rob Foster, 71, will not see the inside of a prison if he adheres to conditions of a 10-year probation. He also can prevent a finding of guilt from ever being declared by a judge — and escape the lifelong label of “felon” — after defense attorneys David Moore and Kent Phillips persuaded the visiting to sentence Foster under a deferred adjudication model.