Second not guilty plea over pounds of meth, thousands of pills found in Olmsted County
Douglas Howard
Posted: Apr 8, 2021 3:26 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A second plea is entered over 14 pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of oxycodone pills.
Douglas Ray Howard, 58 of Rochester, pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree possession of drugs and first degree sale of drugs. No trial date has been set.
Ann Jessen-Ford
Matthew Lyman
Howard is one of three people arrested after a traffic stop in January started an investigation.
Matthew James Lyman, 47 of Mantorville, was pulled over after law enforcement said he was swerving through traffic and failed to signal a lane change. Investigators say five pounds of meth, 4,000 oxycodone pills, and two handguns were found in Lyman’s vehicle. Court documents state one of the handguns had been reported stolen.
Police recover more than 14 pounds of meth, 4,000 pills during drug bust
Three people have been arrested and charged in connection to the drugs.
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Police in Rochester recovered around 14 pounds of methamphetamine and about 4,000 oxycodone pills during a drug investigation that led to charges against three people.
The drug bust began when Matthew James Lyman, 47, of Mantorville, was pulled over at 10:40 p.m. on Jan. 17 for suspected driving under the influence, the criminal complaint says. In his vehicle, police found backpacks filled with a .38 caliber revolver that had been stolen in Florida, a semi-automatic handgun, more than 3,000 oxycodone hydrochloride pills weighing more than 500 grams, about 5 pounds of methamphetamine, and 0.39 grams of cocaine.