James Wade....Texas Mainline - Part 4 - Home - Beaumont Enterprise Former Orange County Sheriff James Wade was convicted in 1988 on nine federal charges includeing... the Texas Dept of Public Safety seized 4,490 pounds and 115.5 kilograms of cocaine. Please use this website...http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Texas-mainlin...

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Former Orange County Sheriff James Wade also tops the list of famous dealers from the past. Wade was convicted in 1988 on nine federal charges including conspiracy to make and sell drugs and obstruction of justice.

"Anybody who has been in law enforcement for the last 10 or 15 years or longer has heard about Sheriff James Wade," said Sgt. Greg Fountain of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

Fountain, assigned to the narcotics task force, helped launch Jefferson County's interdiction program in 1989, one year after Wade was convicted.

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