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In May 2017, several unreliable web sites (such as America Flash News) published articles with the claim that Sarah Furay, the young woman called the adorable drug kingpin after Texas officials found large amounts of methamphetamine, ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in her apartment in 2015, had been released due to a family connection with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: This is not an original piece of reporting by America Flash News. The text, which has been on the Internet since at least January 2017, is based on a 2015 blog post on music and culture site Death and Taxes. That post, however, didn't say that Furay had been let off scot-free. Rather, Death and Taxes took issue with the media's treatment (including their own reporting) of Furay — making light of her crimes by labeling her adorable, for example — and noted that Furay had been released on a remarkably low bond, possibly due to her familial connections: However, Furay’s saga didn’t end after she posted bail in 2015. The adorable drug kingpin was indicted on four counts of possession with intent to distribute in October 2016: The Houston Press also cleared up why so much time passed between Furay's arrest and indictment. While outlets such as Death and Taxes attributed this to her DEA father, Lt. Steve Brock, the College Station Police Department spokesman, said that the wait was due to a state issue involving ill-equipped crime labs: A trial date for Furay has not been set as of May 2017.
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