Tam Thanh Hong

On March 4, 2026, at approximately 12:20 A.M., an officer with the Rosemount Police Department was parked in her squad vehicle at a gas station on the 1000 block of Upper 144th Street West, Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota. The officer ran a vehicle’s license plate. The officer learned that one of the registered owners, TAM THANH HONG [DOB REDACTED], has a driver’s license that was cancelled as inimical to public safety. The officer then saw a male, later identified as HONG, exit the vehicle. The officer believed the male who exited the vehicle was HONG. The officer waited for the vehicle to leave.

Shortly thereafter, the officer saw the vehicle drive out of the gas station parking lot. The officer stopped the vehicle nearby. After the vehicle stopped, the officer approached the vehicle on foot, confirmed the driver was HONG, and arrested him. The officer transported HONG to the Dakota County Jail, located in Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota. During the intake process, jail staff located two baggies on HONG’s person. One baggie contained pills. The other baggie contained a substance. The pills – 8.5 pills marked with “S 90 3” – were identified as alprazolam, a Schedule IV controlled substance.

The substance field tested positive for the presence of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, and weighed approximately 1.31 grams. HONG has a gross misdemeanor conviction in Minnesota under Chapter 152 from 2023.