Desiree Lynn Taylor

On October 10, 2025, officers with the Metro Transit Police Department observed an individual near Franklin Ave E and 17th Ave S in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, holding tin foil and a lighter. The individual was later identified as DESIREE LYNN TAYLOR, Defendant. Law enforcement learned that Defendant had a warrant. In a search incident to arrest, law enforcement recovered a folded up pink post-it note, in which an officer observed a crystal-like substance suspected to be a controlled substance.

A crumpled piece of tin foil containing suspected controlled substances was found in a Ziploc baggie containing other paraphernalia. One of suspected controlled substances field-tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed approximately 0.18 grams. Defendant has a prior 5th-degree controlled substance possession conviction from March 23, 2023, court file 48-CR-22-674. Defendant is currently on warrant status. Therefore, the State requests this Complaint issue by warrant.