HOUSTON - Just over a week after a new Texas law made "jugging" a felony, Harris County prosecutors have charged five people in separate cases under the statute.

Houston undercover stings catch 5 suspects, felony jugging charges filed

The suspects

Joseph Washington, Jonathan Williams, Curtis Odigie, Keon Jacobs, and Joshua Thornton all face felony jugging charges. According to documents, the suspects arrested this month never got the chance to make off with anything due to undercover officers who were watching.

Records say Washington and Williams were working together, as were Odigie and Thornton in another case, while Jacobs acted alone. All five were arrested on the same day, September 5.

Court records show Washington and Williams are accused of following Ruben Martinez from a Wel

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