On May 9, 2025, at approximately 12:04 A.M., Coon Rapids Officer Tombers initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle for expired tabs in the area of Egret Boulevard NW and Eagle Street NW in Coon Rapids, Anoka County, MN. Officers identified the driver as ANTHONY CHEO HICKERSON-TAYLOR [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein. While speaking with Defendant, officers observed a glass container in a gray bag on the passenger seat that contained marijuana. The container failed to comply with the marijuana packaging requirements.
Officers removed Defendant from the vehicle and asked whether anything illegal was in the vehicle. Defendant eventually admitted that there was methamphetamine in a baggie in the backpack in the vehicle. Inside the gray backpack on the passenger seat, officers found two sandwich-sized plastic bags containing a crystal-like substance, a glass bubble pipe with residue, a smaller plastic bag containing a crystal-like substance, and a glass container containing what appeared to be hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Defendant was placed under arrest. Three of the items were sent to the Midwest Regional Forensic Laboratory for testing. Item 1 tested positive for 1.735 grams of dimethyl sulfone, which is not a controlled substance. Item 2 contained 2.025 grams of methamphetamine. Item 3 contained 0.380 grams of psilocyn. Defendant is not in custody. The State is requesting a complaint summons.
