Patrick Oshea TolbertRepeat

On May 4, 2026, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department were dispatched to a call for service reporting that there was someone slumped in the driver’s seat of a car. Officers arrived at [ADDRESS REDACTED], Minneapolis, Hennepin County. Officers saw a man slumped over with a jacket covering his face in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. Officers saw in plain view in the door of the vehicle a plastic bag with a large amount of powdery/crystalline substance of suspected narcotics. While officers were on scene the man woke up, and was identified as PATRICK OSHEA TOLBERT, [DOB redacted], “Defendant” herein.

Defendant was cooperative and placed under arrest. During a search of his person Defendant admitted to having more drugs inside his underwear. Officers recovered the narcotics which were observed to be off-white rocks. Officers saw a half-empty bottle of vodka in the storage unit between the driver and passenger seat. Officers also located US currency totaling $319.25, in various pockets in small denominations. Defendant was transported and booked at the Hennepin County Jail. During a search deputies located additional suspected narcotics on his person.

The narcotics collected from the door of the vehicle weighed 52.48 grams without packaging and field tested positive for fentanyl. The narcotics found on Defendant’s person weighed 58.32 grams without packaging and field tested positive for cocaine. The narcotics found on Defendant at the jail weighed.2 grams without packaging and field tested positive for fentanyl. Due to the danger presented to the community by this offense, and the risk that Defendant will not respond to a summons based on the severity of the presumptive sentence, the State respectfully requests a warrant.