Almost five years ago, residents in several locations across Hunt County awoke to find bags of marijuana had fallen from the sky overnight.
A trial is scheduled to begin soon for a Florida man, the second suspect indicted in connection with the 2010 incident.
Jury selection is set Monday in the 354th District Court for Randall Thomas May of Palm Bay Fla., who has pleaded not guilty to one count of possession of between 50 and 2,000 pounds of marijuana.
The jury panel seated in the case will return March 30 for the opening arguments and the start of testimony in the trial.
May was indicted by the Hunt County grand jury in December 2013.
Darin William Fayne was found not guilty by a jury of the same charge in September 2013.
Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said he sent investigators from his office to Florida in August 2013 to obtain a DNA sample from May.
Six duffel bags believed connected to a plane abandoned early the morning of July 19, 2010, at the Caddo Mills Municipal Airport were recovered.
The street value of the more than 200 pounds of hydroponic marijuana has been estimated at up to $1.5 million.
The possession charge is a second degree felony, punishable upon conviction by a maximum sentence of from two to 20 years in prison and an optional fine of up to $10,000.
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