24 year old Sarah Furay of The Woodlands was arrested in November 2015 after College Station police found in her apartment what prosecutors say were large quantities of cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, THC, pain pills, and marijuana.
According to online records, trial dates were set five times before she pleaded guilty on October 9.
She remained out on bond before she was sentenced December 3 to eight years in prison for her first criminal conviction.
Prosecutors say during Furay’s punishment hearing, she acknowledged that she was in a privileged position as her family posted her bond, allowing her to graduate from A&M before answering for her crimes.
News release from the Brazos County district attorney’s office:
Sarah Furay was sentenced to 8 years in prison on two first degree felony drug dealing charges, and a second degree drug dealing charge, and the maximum two years State Jail on another marijuana charge.
Judge Travis Bryan handed down the sentence after 5:00 pm on Thursday night.
On November 6, 2015, College Station Police Department executed a search warrant on Ms. Furay’s home. The search led to the discovery of large quantities of Cocaine, Marijuana, Ecstacy (MDMA), LSD, pain pills, cough syrup and THC.
Furay’s cell phone was also recovered as part of the search. Digital evidence retrieved from the phone provided the officers with a full picture of the large scale of drug dealing that Ms.
Furay was engaged in.
Ms. Furay pled guilty to these charges on October 9th of this year and the case was reset for the judge to hear punishment. Testimony began at 9:00 a.m. on December 3, 2020 and concluded just after 5:00 p.m.
Judge Bryan heard evidence that Furay’s phone included thousands of text messages to numerous different customers selling a multitude of different drugs. A sample of those messages were read to the court; they clearly described her selling cocaine, marijuana, MDMA, prescription narcotics, and psychedelic drugs.
Furay testified that she participated in thousands of drug sales as a dealer. On the stand, Furay took responsibility for her actions and discussed her life since her arrest. She further proved up that she was
eligible for probation, because she had no prior criminal convictions.
Furay on the stand also acknowledged that she was in a privileged position as her family was able to bond out of jail on the these charges and graduate from Texas A&M before answering for her crimes.