Rats nearly compromise Houston Police case

Drug-eating rats invade Houston police headquarters, potentially disrupting open cases
Rodents infiltrated a narcotics evidence room at Houston police’s headquarters, accessing drugs and potentially disrupting open criminal cases. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is notifying defense attorneys in more than 3,
Drug-eating rats invade Houston police evidence room, potentially disrupting hundreds of cases
The rodents are enjoying marijuana at the Houston Police Department that has been sitting in evidence for years.
Rats nearly compromise Houston Police case after eating mushroom evidence, more cases at risk
A rat colony in a downtown Houston police property room has compromised a bag of mushrooms intended as evidence against two defendants.
Houston Police evidence room infested with 'drug-addicted' rats to be cleared out
The Houston Police Department, the Mayor's office, and the District Attorney's Office are teaming up for a holistic approach to battle the weed-eating rodents.
'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room
"Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the police department is required to store the evidence, officials said.
Infestation of ‘drug-addicted rats’ prompting purge of backlogged Houston evidence room
The property room contains a backlog of thousands of pounds of evidence that is no longer needed, including notes from a homicide that occurred in 1947, and kilos of cocaine from the 1990s.
Drug-Addicted Rats Eating Marijuana Kept As Evidence In US Police Station: Report
Apart from being addicted to marijuana, rats are also tripping on psilocybin by eating packaging that contains mushrooms.
Thousands Of Cases Impacted After 'Drug-Addicted' Rats Eat Evidence In Houston Police's Narcotics Room
Rats have infiltrated a Narcotics Evidence Room in Houston, forcing the DA's office to alert attorneys on thousands of cases that evidence may be compromised.
'The rats are the only ones enjoying it’ | Houston to clear outdated police evidence
"Just one example, we've got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage that the rats are the only ones enjoying," Mayor John Whitmire said.
How drug-addicted rats forced change to Houston evidence
The Houston Police Department, the Harris County District, attorneys office, and the city of Houston are teaming up to change how evidence in criminal cases is stored and processed after drug-addicted rats were discovered inside the city's evidence room.
Rats in police evidence lockers are getting high on seized drugs — and putting cases in jeopardy
Drugged-up Texas rodents have reportedly been gobbling up marijuana and magic mushrooms stored as evidence in police ...
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Hungry and Stoned Rats Raiding Houston Police Evidence Lockers To Devour Marijuana Stash
The Houston Police Department says its methods for storing seized drugs have gone up in smoke after it was discovered that ...
HISD blames cold weather for rat problems at one school but others disagree
Specifically there’s been rats, rodent feces, pee, all over the desks, sometimes found in the gym area,” one educator told KHOU 11 anonymously.
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HPD plans to destroy evidence from crime investigations
Houston officials claim the move will free up officers, and they blame part of the problem on drug-addicted rats.