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Gig `em, Reggie

College footballer with weed -- you're thinking Mack Brown's Longhorns, right?

Forget it -- we're talking Aggies. Former Aggies. Former Aggies like quarterback Reggie McNeal, currently a Canadian Football League free agent. Currently a CFL free agent who keeps getting arrested for weed.

McNeal was arrested recently for marijuana possession in Bryan, thereby offering proof to our theory that you don't want to smoke dope with him. Here are five reasons why:

5. You will get arrested.
This marked the second time in just four months that McNeil has been arrested for marijuana. That is either some dumb bad luck ir dumb bad behavior.

For the second time in four months. That's UT Style, baby.

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Fake! It's fake!!

That Coolmax and Lycra bike stuff you bought online? It wasn't from the website bikejersey.com or Cycleoutfit.com, was it?

If so, you might have bought yourself an expensive piece of counterfeit merchandise.

The Homeland Securities Investigation office in Houston announced today they'd shut down 10 websites for selling fake bike equipment like high-end carbon frames and clothing. The sites are now owned by the U.S. government and display a banner informing consumers what's gone on.

The fake stuff also carried the brand names of SRAM, Cervelo, Pinarello, Specialized and INVISTA.

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Sometimes, the house doesn't win...

Harris County Sheriff's investigators seized cash, drugs, weapons and gambling devices from two allegedly illegal game rooms in southwest Harris County Thursday, according to a press release.

Acting on a tip, members of the HCSO's Game Room Task Force (a whole task force, yo!) seized the loot -- which included about $25,000 in cash and 130 motherboards -- from the rooms at 3715 State Highway 6 South (Suite 110), and 13614 Bellaire Blvd.

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Who knew what these things could do?

A Spring man has been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for talking a nine-year-old girl into sending him a nude picture of herself.

Steve Correa-Franco, 33, was sentenced yesterday after entering a guilty plea last December.

"U.S. District Judge Sim Lake took into consideration the seriousness of the crime and the need for deterrence," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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Otis Morris assaulted his mother, cops say.

We guess if you're accused of slashing your 79-year-old mother in the face, head and chest, you need to come up with some excuse.

We might not have gone with "self-defense," but then again we don't think we'd ever find ourselves facing allegations of attacking our mother.

Otis Morris, 48, decided to tell cops he pulled out a blade and went to work on his mother all in self-defense. A little investigation made the cops leery, and Morris has been charged with injury to elderly causing serious bodily injury.

He and his mother, Delores Morris, got into an argument at their home in the 5800 block of Heron Street Wednesday afternoon, police say.

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Coke and a smile.....

Benito Aguilar-Ozuna, who's known as Pichollo and has ties to the Zetas gang, is going to federal prison for almost 20 years, the United States Attorney's Office announced.

Aguilar-Ozuna had earlier entered a guilty plea for conspiracy to traffic cocaine in what the feds say was a "large-scale operation" that delivered the drug to the organization's cells in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, Georgia and Illinois.

Aguilar-Ozuna was the "most trusted associate" of Alberto Oliva-Castillo, a.k.a. "La Rana," who the feds described as "the number three figure in the Zetas drug cartel at the time of his [October 2011] arrest and [who] allegedly controlled Zeta operations in the key northern states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nuevo León."

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James Dang has probably never heard "Funk 49."

The somewhat bold, almost new world of phone apps has now become a main player in fighting the sorta-scourge of weed.

A tipster used iWatchHarrisCounty to point officers to two houses that ended up housing more than $2.5 million worth of marijuana when they were raided this week.

HCSO and Houston Police Department officers and K-9 dogs raided the two homes at 6422 Bonnie Chase Drive and 10802 Waterfern Court for their big score.

"A total of 269 hydroponic marijuana plants were seized at the Bonnie Chase Drive location," HCSO says. "A total of 297 hydroponic marijuana plants were seized at the Waterfern Court location. The total estimated street value of the seizures is approximately $2.5 million."

Two men were arrested: Long Bui, who turns 25 today, and James Dang, who just turned 41 yesterday. They're being held on $250,000 bond each.

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Complainant said Forgue offered more than a ride.

Remember how your mom always told you that if you ever got lost in a crowd, one of those guys in uniform would be happy to help? That turned out to allegedly be a little too true at the Houston Rodeo Cook-off.

Precinct 5 Deputy Constable Tommy Forgue was arrested on Monday and charged with official oppression, a misdemeanor.

Forgue was working in uniform as a security guard at the Houston Rodeo Cook-off on February 22 when he allegedly spotted a 23-year-old woman in need of help, says Harris County District Attorney spokesperson Sara Marie Kinney.

The woman had gotten separated from her family in all the barbecue craziness that is the annual cookoff. Forgue approached the woman and offered her a ride and the use of his cell phone, since her phone was dead.

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Charles Davenport: Proof that advertising works.

A man who cops think beat and raped at least seven escort workers has been found, arrested and charged, officials say.

A large composite sketch of Charles Davenport, 25, was posted on a billboard in north Harris County. That billboard, along with investigative work and a lucky break, helped cops crack the case.

"The partnership between law enforcement, corporate America and individuals who fight crime every single day but who don't carry badges or guns was effective in the arrest, pursuit and capture of Charles Eric Devenport," said Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia.

Let us pause while we cheer for Corporate America.

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Sure, sure it's Prada. Really.

When you get a really good price on luxury goods, it's best to check those goods closely. And if you bought them from Yintang Cao or Hong Zhang, well, welcome to the world of Rotex watches.

Cao, 48, and Zhang, 46, entered guilty pleas this morning in connection with their having more than 14,000 items of counterfeit luxury goods, which is a whole lot of fake stuff.

Among the fake labels, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office: Coach, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Versace.

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