Nina Elizabeth Loprete

On March 16, 2026, at 1:30 P.M., members of the Dakota County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at the residence of Nina Elizabeth Loprete, defendant herein, located in the City of Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota. The defendant was the only person present. In the defendant’s bedroom dresser drawer, the officers found a plastic bag containing a white crystal substance. The substance was preliminarily tested, and the test indicated the presence of methamphetamine, and it weighed 1.43 grams.

In the bedroom closet was a second plastic bag. The contents of that bag was preliminarily tested, and the test indicated the presence of methamphetamine, and it weighed 4.17 grams. The combined net weight of the methamphetamine was 5.60 grams. The defendant denied knowledge of either bag of methamphetamine.