Crime & Public Safety

'Adorable kingpin' with happy mug shot is DEA official's daughter, report says

Sarah Furah mug shot
Sarah Furah mug shot
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Dec 2, 2015

Sarah Furay, notorious for her cheerful mug shot after being arrested on drug charges, is the daughter of Agent Bill Furay, a Drug Enforcement Administration official once in charge of the DEA's office in Galveston, Texas, according to a 2010 report.  He is currently stationed in Panama, according to a recent report.

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Furay, 19, was arrested in College Station, Texas, for allegedly possessing cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, meth and a drug "similar to LSD."  Her big-grinned mug shot went viral, with some calling it "the happiest mugshot in America."

The mugshot led some publications to sarcastically dub her an "adorable drug kingpin."

Furay spent a day in jail and was released after posting $39,000 bond.

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