A Tarrant County jury sentenced 37-year-old Samarine Briscoe to 30 years in prison after convicting him of possessing more than 400 grams of a controlled substance and evading arrest with a vehicle, following a November chase that began on Jacksboro Highway and ended with deputies recovering 460 grams of methamphetamine along the roadside. The case capped a pursuit that started when a Tarrant County Sheriff’s deputy tried to pull Briscoe over and instead watched him speed off, clip a median, and hurl narcotics from his car window.
According to the Tarrant County DA, the attempted traffic stop happened on November 10, 2025, and quickly escalated into a five-mile pursuit before Briscoe crashed his vehicle, jumped out, and tried to run. A deputy chased him down on foot and made the arrest. Officers who searched the crashed car found a bag of fentanyl inside, and when they retraced the route Briscoe had driven, they turned up the larger bag of methamphetamine he’d tossed out during the chase.
Thanks to the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force and the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office for their work on this case and for their commitment to keeping our community safe. pic.twitter.com/v1SVgw29PU
— Tarrant County DA (@TarrantCountyDA) August 10, 2026
The traffic stop itself grew out of a targeted narcotics operation. Members of the Lake Worth Police Department’s Special Operations Unit had been working the 5800 block of Jacksboro Highway, focusing on a known methamphetamine distributor, when Tarrant County Sheriff’s deputies moved in to make the initial stop, according to WFAA. At the time of his arrest, Briscoe was identified by law enforcement as a confirmed gang member on parole with a lengthy record of prior drug offenses, the station reported, and he was held on a $625,000 bond at the Tarrant County Jail afterward.
No Injuries Despite High-Speed Chase
Despite the crash and the foot chase that followed, no officers, bystanders, or suspects were hurt during the pursuit, the collision, or the chase across Jacksboro Highway into Fort Worth, per the same account from WFAA. The Tarrant County DA’s Narcotics Unit ultimately prosecuted the case, and a jury found Briscoe guilty on both the drug possession and evading charges before returning the 30-year sentence…