Minnesota movie theater manager sold cocaine in bags of popcorn
Pop goes the weasel.
The general manager of a Minnesota movie theater was named this week in a criminal complaint alleging she sold drugs in popcorn containers at the cinema, according to documents obtained by The Smoking Gun.
Jamie Lynn Hiniker, who manages the four-screen Spotlight Theaters in Mankato about 81 miles south of Minneapolis has been charged with selling narcotics, a felony. She’s accused of selling cocaine, generally “behind the theater in an alley or at the theater in a popcorn container with popcorn,” according to the probable cause affidavit obtained by the outlet.
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A Minnesota movie theater manager was giving more than butter with popcorn, according to media reports.
Jamie Lynn Hiniker, 39, who manages a four-screen theater in Spotlight Theatres in Mankato, located 80 miles from Minneapolis, was named in a criminal complaint Thursday with selling cocaine hidden in a bag of popcorn to a police informant, according to The Smoking Gun.
Authorities said Hiniker typically sold the drugs behind the theater in an alley, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the outlet.
The informant, working with a Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force agent, purchased $100 of cocaine from Hiniker in July 2020, the complaint said. She allegedly put the drugs in a popcorn bag and topped it off with popcorn to conceal it.
She allegedly sold it to a police informant.
Jamie Lynn Hiniker, 39, is feloniously charged with selling “one or more mixtures containing a narcotic drug,” and could face a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison or a fine of $250,000 if convicted, according to the complaint.
It happened at the four-screen Spotlight Theatres, about 80 miles from Minneapolis, the
Smoking Gun reported Thursday (May 6). The outlet also published the court document.
Hiniker, of Mankato, allegedly sold the drugs on July 21, 2020.
On that day, a Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force agent was in communication with a confidential police informant about buying the drugs. Officials knew that Hiniker used her role at the movie theater to sell cocaine, either in the alley or with popcorn in a container, the statement of probable cause reads.