Texas Cops: Man Gave Us Drug-Laced Cookies

A man accused of delivering baskets of drug-laced cookies to as many as a dozen police departments, causing several officers to become sick, was arrested Tuesday.

Christian V. Phillips, 18, of Watauga, was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly taking cookies to the Lake Worth police station, where officers had been tipped off that someone was falsely claiming to deliver treats on behalf of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said Lake Worth Police Chief Brett McGuire.

"Our officers took a good whiff and thought they smelled like marijuana," McGuire said, adding that preliminary tests instead detected traces of LSD.

Phillips was taken into custody and later charged with possession of LSD, although the charge may be changed, McGuire said.

Phillips denied trying to contaminate the goodies or harm anyone and said one of his friends may have been smoking pot while he was baking, McGuire said. The suspect is not affiliated with MADD, the chief said.

Phillips remained jailed in Lake Worth pending an arraignment Wednesday. Bail had not been set, and he did not yet have an attorney, McGuire said.

In nearby Fort Worth, at least three officers got sick after eating some cookies and candy after a basket was delivered to that police station Monday night, authorities said.

Fort Worth police are conducting tests and plan to file charges if LSD or another drug or chemical is found in the food, said Lt. Paul Henderson.

Lake Worth investigators found that Phillips had a list of about two dozen North Texas departments, with 13 checked off, but it's unclear if anyone else got sick because some deliveries were made in the past week, McGuire said.

He said Blue Mound police found traces of marijuana in the treats. Blue Mound police tipped off Lake Worth after receiving a call from MADD that no one was delivering cookies on its behalf.