Other cases in Becker County District Court include animal mistreatment and employee theft.
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Marvin Joseph Bellecourt, 49, of rural Ogema, has had a felony charge of making threats of violence dismissed in Becker County District Court.
According to court records, on Jan. 24, the Becker County Sheriff’s Office received reports of his sending threatening messages to a woman, threatening to kill her, rape her, slice her throat and burn down her house. The woman said he has assaulted in the past, including hitting her over the head with a vacuum cleaner. She said he acts like that when he is on meth. The two have been in an off-and-on relationship for about two years.
Court news: Charges filed in case of fake heroin sale
One man received $1,000 in predocumented drug task force “buy money,” and was supposed to provide 10 grams of heroin. But instead of heroin he provided 9.42 grams of flualprazolam and brorphine, according to the criminal complaint.
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Keenan Carlos Lawrence, 44, of Chicago, was charged in Becker County District Court with a felony count of selling simulated drugs.
According to court records, on May 14, he arranged to sell heroin to a confidential reliable informant with the West Central Minnesota Drug and Violent Crime Task Force in Becker County.
Lawrence took an undisclosed amount of predocumented task force “buy money,” but instead of heroin he provided flualprazolam (a new psychoactive substance considered a “designer benzodiazepine,”) and brorphine (a synthetic opioid similar to fentanyl), according to the criminal complaint.