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LUFKIN – Our news partner, KETK, reports that the Lufkin Police are searching for a man accused of placing Easter eggs filled with marijuana around the city as part of a scavenger hunt.<\/p>\nLUFKIN – Our news partner, KETK, reports that the Lufkin Police are searching for a man accused of placing Easter eggs filled with marijuana around the city as part of a scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n
According to a release from the Lufkin Police Department, a resident tipped officials after they saw several Facebook posts regarding the eggs. The suspect, Avante Nicholson, allegedly posted four photos showing each location as hints to find the eggs. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe also posted a photo of five plastic eggs in the seat of a vehicle. Officers found four eggs and believed he had not placed the fifth,\u201d Lufkin PD said. \u201cHowever, the fifth egg was found by a man and his granddaughter at Winston Park the following day and brought to the police station.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Easter eggs were found at three city parks and a local motel. The police department said the marijuana totaled more than a quarter of an ounce of marijuana. Officials also found several posts referencing selling narcotics.<\/p>\n
In one of the posts, Nicholson said he would give out hints of the locations of the eggs for those who had \u201cshopped\u201d with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncidents like this are a reminder of why we take seriously all information called in to our offices,\u201d Lufkin Police Chief David Thomas said. \u201cOn the surface, it seems implausible that someone would give away a drug, but the follow-up proves that sometimes even the most unlikely things do happen.<\/p>\n
Nicholson is wanted on four warrants, three for delivery of marijuana in a drug-free zone and a state jail felony for delivery of marijuana.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact CrimeStoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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