Austin Adult Entertainment: Judge tosses 3 drug charges against officer; jury deliberating 4th
Travis County jurors began deliberating at about 1 p.m. in the drug trial of former Austin police officer Scott Lando after First Assistant District Attorney John Neal argued that in 2006 Lando gave money and drugs to prostitutes and their boyfriends as part of a “a moral, ethical and professional collapse.”
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Pfeifer, who has a lengthy criminal history that includes drug possession, prostitution and burglary, testified that she had unprotected sex with Lando four times in 2006, including in the bed of his pickup. She said he gave her cocaine and Vicodin.
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A second prostitute said that she did not have sex with Lando but that he also brought her to his house in 2006. That woman, Lyndi Tarvin, 31, said that Lando gave her a gold necklace that belonged to his wife, according to prosecutors.
See the full article from “Austin American-Statesman (blog)”