Overview
- Kenneth Ray Hicks III was taken into custody on two counts of delivery of a controlled substance, according to the Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office.
- Deputies say narcotics investigators began looking into Hicks in March after learning he was selling drugs while running his route in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.
- Undercover officers report buying cocaine, crystal MDMA, and THC from Hicks on multiple occasions during the probe.
- Investigators coordinated with Texas Department of Public Safety agents to contact Hicks during a delivery, where cocaine and a THC vape were seen on his truck’s dashboard in plain view.
- A probable cause search turned up more THC vapes in his lunch bag and shirt pocket, and deputies reported seizing about 25.85 grams of cocaine, with vape boxes labeled as two grams of THC concentrate each.