Court news: Park Rapids woman sentenced for involvement in 2 pounds of meth sent through the mail
After a drug dog “hit” on the package, it was opened at the Fargo Post Office, and was found to contain 992 grams or more than 2 pounds of vacuum-packed meth.
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Becker County Courthouse (Tribune file photo)
Alexis Danielle Billing, 23, of Park Rapids, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of third-degree controlled substance crime.
The original first-degree charge was reduced in a plea agreement.
According to court records, on Jan. 18, 2019, an inspector with the U.S. Postal Service notified the Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force about a package that had been delivered to a Ponsford residence from a suspected meth source in San Bernardino, Calif.
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.