Round Rock Man Busted For Pot, $11K In Cash: Police

ROUND ROCK, TX — A Round Rock man was arrested in a drug bust in his apartment that yielded more than $11,000 in cash and three pounds of high-grade marijuana, according to a published report.

Referencing court documents released this week, the Austin American-Statesman reported the June 28 seizure occurred at an apartment on 1401 Hesters Crossing. Armed with a search warrant, police descended on the place at 6 a.m. and found Aaron Jonathan Ernst, 25, and another person in the apartment.

"Yeah, I got some weed," Ernst is said to have acknowledged to police, according to the report.

Indeed, he did have weed, the Williamson County court documents detail — three pounds of the high-grade variety with a street value of $28,660 in the bedroom and bathroom of the apartment, according to the documents. Police also found $11,076.

Suspicions as to the origins of the cash were further raised given Ernst's employment status, police noted in the seizure notice, according to the report: “It should be noted that Ernst did not have a job nor any reported income for 2018,” police wrote.

According to Williamson County jail records, Ernst is not stranger to law enforcement with four past arrests for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one for assault with bodily injury and another for possession of marijuana, the document said.

In his latest run-in with the law, Ernst was charged with possession of marijuana, a state felony punishable by up to two years in jail. According to records, he was released from the Williamson County Jail on June 29 after posting bond on a $7,500 bail.

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Aaron Jonathan Ernst booking photo via Williamson County Jail records