Austin man pleads guilty to illegal drug and gun possession
Andrew Arett
Posted: Feb 5, 2021 1:49 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
AUSTIN, Minn. – A third guilty plea is entered in a Mower County drug bust.
Law enforcement searched two apartments in the 900 block of 14th Avenue NE in Austin on January 27, 2020. Investigators say they found over 22 grams of methamphetamine, a .32 caliber pistol, and three rounds of 12 gauge shotgun ammunition.
Roseann Marie Mead, 37 of Elkton, and Ernesto Angel Salinas, 38 of Austin, previously pleaded guilty to 5th degree drug possession. Mead was given two years of supervised probation and Salinas was sentenced to five years of supervised probation.