Methamphetamine

5 Arrested In Elk River Meth Bust

Five people are in jail after a meth bust in Elk River Monday, according to the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office.

2013/05/14

(credit: Ramsey County Attorney's Office)

Burnsville Man Charged With Possessing $400K Of Meth

A 35-year-old Burnsville was charged Friday in connection with possessing 12 pounds of methamphetamine, worth a street value of more than $400,000.

2013/05/03

49-Year-Old Man Gets Life For Meth Distribution

A 49-year-old Moorhead, Minn., man has been sentenced in North Dakota to life in prison on a federal charge of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

2013/05/01

Tainted Meth Sends Several To Hospital Within 24 Hrs

A dozen people have been taken to the hospital in the past 24 hours from overdosing on a particularly bad batch of meth. Deputies think the meth is coming from the east metro, and they are concerned.

2013/04/13

Suspect In Meth Conspiracy Gets 27 Years In Prison

The last of three family members from California accused of supplying methamphetamine to buyers in North Dakota and Minnesota has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison.

2013/03/26

Authorities: 2 Arrested After 5-Month Meth Investigation In St. Cloud

Two men have been arrested after a 5-month investigation into the manufacturing of methamphetamine in the St. Cloud metro region, according to authorities.

2013/03/01

Anoka Man Charged After Crash Into Family Vehicle

An Anoka man is charged with leading police on a chase while high and crashing his vehicle into another vehicle carrying a family of five.

2013/01/29

Virginia MN Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison Over Meth

A 33-year-old man from Virginia, Minn., was sentenced Tuesday for conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.

2012/12/11

Record 30-Year Sentence For Meth Ring Kingpin

A Hennepin County District Court judge sentenced a 37-year-old man, accused in a major meth ring, to 30 years in prison. The sentence is a state record for a drug crime.

2012/12/04

Sabina Coolen (credit: Wright County Sheriff's Office)

Son Shows School Principal Evidence That His Mom Uses Meth

After a 12-year-old boy showed his school principal evidence that his mother was using narcotics, 32-year-old Sabina Marie Coolen, of Chatham Township in Wright County, has now been charged with storing meth paraphernalia in the presence of a child.

2012/11/30

Fergus Falls Man, 27, Arrested In Overdose Death

A 27-year-old Fergus Falls man has been arrested in the overdose death of a 23-year-old man, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office.

2012/10/16

Police Say Erratic Driver Hid Meth, Pipe Inside Herself

A woman who Centennial Lakes Police pulled over for driving erratically has been charged after a drug-sniffing dog found methamphetamine hidden inside the woman’s body.

2012/10/09