All that and a bag of urine

This comes to us from Ultimate Pearland…

Don’t let Pearland police find you with a kit to falsify a drug test.

Being in possession of a bladder bag and fake urine can get you charged with a Class B misdeamenor for falsification of drug test results – possession of falsification device or substance.

Separate traffic stops led to two such charges on May 6 when police say they found drug-test-cheating devices in vehicles.

At about 10 a.m. that day, an officer stopped a vehicle and arrested the 22-year-old driver on charges of driving with a suspended license and for an outstanding probation warrant, Pearland police Lt. Onesimo Lopez said.

While conducting an inventory search of the vehicle, the officer discovered a kit for falsifying drug test results consisting of a bladder bag with synthetic urine, an adjustable elastic strap and a temperature strip, police said.

The Pearland resident was then charged for possession of a drug-test falsification device, according to a police report.

At about 12:15 p.m. the same day, an officer pulled over another Pearland driver who is accused of driving with a suspended license.

Police say that a subsequent search revealed a “Number 1 Urine Substitution Kit” that contained a bladder bag with synthetic urine, an adjustable elastic strap, a temperature device, two heating pads and complete instructions.

That led to a charge against the 18-year-old suspect for possession of a drug-test falsification device.

Lopez said there have been five similar cases since 2009 in which the devices were located during traffic stops in which the suspects were arrested on another charge.

“The use of one of these devices is a serious offense, but it is also a violation of trust,” Lopez said in an e-mail. “Employers that use drug testing trust that their employee or prospective employee is going to be truthful for the test. The employers trust the results and use them as a basis for hiring or retaining employees.

“People that use a device to `beat’ a drug test are in effect lying about their drug use,” Lopez stated. “For example, in one of the 2009 cases, the suspect asked not to be arrested as he had just gotten a job as a security guard at a chemical plant. That individual had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. How trustworthy would that person be working as a security guard?”

Urine the money

Here’s some local flavor from the Houston Chronicle…

Prosecutors Thursday said they are seeking more possible victims after arresting a Harris County employee accused of taking bribes to provide clean urine to defendants out on bail.

Jorge Alfonso Campble, 45, was arrested Wednesday on charges of bribery and tamperin with evidence after investigators set up a sting with marked money, video recording equipment and a defendant on bail, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Devine said.

Devine said Campble, a urine monitor for Harris County Pretrial Services, is accused of taking bribes ranging from $65 to $90 on six occasions since April 15 to provide drug-free urine. Devine said he was asking for $100 for each visit.

Campble’s court-appointed attorney did not return calls for comment.

In May, a urine monitor who worked for Harris County’s Community Supervision and Corrections Department was charged with bribery after being accused of taking $200 to turn in a fraudulent drug test form.