The owner of a limousine service who was arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. last week, was granted a $500,000 bond on Wednesday, a move that could see her released from a Harris County prison as she awaits trial on charges tied to a U.S. narcotics sting.
In a surprise decision, federal court Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes rejected prosecutors’ argument that Teresa Tran may flee the U.S. and possibly engage in criminal activity if she is freed.
Instead, she said she could remain in Harris County, confined to the home of her two under aged children, if she and her family surrender their passports and she wears an ankle bracelet monitor in addition to paying the sizable corporate surety bond.