MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – Three men are facing charges after a drug deal gone wrong in The woodlands on Dec. 20, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Deputies said.
Deputies said they were flagged down and told that two suspicious people were running through an apartment complex in the 3400 block of Tangle Brush Drive around 5:30 p.m.
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Reportedly, Boris Avelle Lee, 23, and Jacques Gerald Blair, 25, were seen running through the apartment complex, carrying a large bag of marijuana, after they assaulted another man, deputies said.
One of the men was located by a patrol deputy, and after a brief foot chase, he was detained. The second man was later located in the same complex.
Several witnesses in the apartment complex reported seeing Lee and Blair assault Colton Curbello, 19, and take a bag from him, deputies said. Witnesses also told deputies the bag contained what they described as marijuana.
While interviewing Lee and Blair, deputies received a call from Curbello, who was at another apartment complex on the same street. Curbello reported being assaulted by Lee and Blair, according to deputies.
After an investigation, deputies determined that Curbello was attempting to sell marijuana to Lee and Blair.
Curbello was beaten and robbed of marijuana in his possession by Lee and Blair, deputies said. Additional marijuana that was not stolen by Lee and Blair was located in the Curbello’s car.
After the initial investigation, Lee and Blair were arrested and charged with robbery.
Curbello was charged with possession of marijuana.