On April 3, 2024, narcotics investigators Jonathan Dallie, Brad Beddingfield, and Investigator Jonathan Barrios conducted a traffic stop on Cayuga St in Athens, Texas, due to a traffic violation. During the stop, 42-year-old Roderic Dwayne Sloan of Athens was found to be in possession of individually packaged narcotics suspected to be crack cocaine, as well as a firearm. Sloan was subsequently arrested and transported to the Henderson County Detention Center.
At the detention center, Sloan was booked for Manufacture or Delivery of a Controlled Substance PG 1 over 1 gram but less than 4 grams and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. Manufacture or Delivery of a Controlled Substance PG 1 over 1 gram but less than 4 grams is a second-degree felony offense punishable by up to 20 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and up to a $10,000 fine. Possession of a Firearm by a Felon is a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and up to a $10,000 fine.
