SAN ANTONIO – A Texas man, Luther Otis Foster IV, has been sentenced to a total of 90 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for pointing a shotgun at federal agents during the execution of a search warrant at his Bandera County residence.
DEA agents executed a search warrant at the the home of Foster, age 45, in Lakehills on July 21, 2016.
According to court records, when serving the warrant, DEA agents announced their presence and entered the residence. Upon entry, Foster leveled a shotgun at the agents and threatened them. Foster was shot and then taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Inside Foster’s residence, agents discovered a large number of growing marijuana plants and discarded marijuana plant stalks.
On November 15, 2018, Foster pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and four counts of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.