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It belonged to the man who’d given Coxey the tip.

On this October night, Coxey brought along an affidavit for a search warrant.

By the time Coxey returned to the parking lot, about a dozen people had gathered, including Cantrell.

Almost two decades later, narcotics agents had been hearing that Keeton was “messing up,” and a confidential informant told Deputy Tony Coxey at least nine months earlier that Keeton was selling drugs.

Coxey seemed concerned that Keeton hadn’t understood what was going on.