{"id":173638,"date":"2026-02-21T00:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173638\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:48:21","slug":"texas-tech-professor-faces-federal-charges-in-fentanyl-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173638\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Professor Faces Federal Charges In Fentanyl Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people in Lubbock are facing federal charges of\u00a0fentanyl distribution conspiracy. One of those charged by federal officials is Daniel Taylor, a\u00a0Texas Tech University marketing and supply chain management professor.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech Professor and Two Others Face Federal Charges<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, Taylor along with\u00a0Alisha Red-Eagle, and Mackenzie Gilcrease, 28,\u00a0also of Lubbock were charged\u00a0with conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/lubbock-free-narcan-training-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Lubbock Is Giving Away Free Narcan Kits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould commented on Taylor&#8217;s arrest:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of focusing on teaching students supply chain management, the defendant, as alleged, was developing and implementing his own supply chain of lethal fentanyl into the streets of Lubbock,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould.\u00a0 \u201cAs alleged, at least in one instance, the fentanyl the defendant peddled through his drug trafficking organization caused an overdose.\u00a0 We hope the students of Texas Tech and the Lubbock community understand that my office will vigorously prosecute drug dealers and drug traffickers, no matter if you are a professor or a street-level dealer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement executed a raid of Taylor&#8217;s Taylor\u2019s home, locating multiple quantities of white powder and a crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, along with pink envelopes, plastic baggies, and baggies containing a ghost graphic.<\/p>\n<p>The Top 10 Most Wanted Gang Fugitives in Lubbock For February 2026<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Police, Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, and even authorities in other parts of Texas are looking for these fugitives who have been spotted before in the Lubbock area. Take a look and see if you recognize any of these fugitives. This list could be updated later in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Chad Hasty<\/p>\n<p>23 Things That We Need in Lubbock, TXWe asked our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/790KFYO\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook audience<\/a> what Lubbock is missing, and their responses left nothing to the imagination. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Nick<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people in Lubbock are facing federal charges of\u00a0fentanyl distribution conspiracy. One of those charged by federal officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-173638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}