INVESTIGATOR RESIGNS; DRUG SUSPECT RELEASED

A sheriff's investigator resigned and six drug charges against a Selma
man were dismissed in what Dallas County officials described as a
discrepancy in paperwork.

District Attorney Ed Greene dismissed the charges against Robert
Dower, 28, who was released from the county jail on Tuesday. Dower was
arrested Oct. 21 at a motel on cocaine and related charges.

Sheriff Harris Huffman Jr. said there were discrepancies in the
affidavit and search warrant. He said some false statements were made,
which led to the resignation of the narcotics officer involved in the
arrest.

Huffman declined to name the officer who resigned.

The Selma Times-Journal reported that investigator Nash Gipson, who
was involved in Dower's arrest, is no longer employed by the
department, which only had two narcotics officers.