On December 4, 2025, Sergeant Jesse Anderson of the Minnesota State Patrol became aware of documents e-filed on December 1, 2025 at approximately 10:42 pm into Court file ••-CR-••-••••, wherein Colton Richard Perkins is charged with a number of offenses, including felony driving while under the influence of a controlled substance. The first document contained in the December 1, 2025 e-filing consisted of a list of prescriptions for Perkins from Thrifty White Pharmacy dated November 12, 2025. Attached to the list of prescriptions was a second document titled “Formal Summary of Toxicology Findings” dated September 18, 2025. This document purported to be from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Forensic Science Laboratory and referenced lab number S25-1104 (in which the BCA toxicology report in file ••-CR-••-••••, for lab number S25-11041, and was also dated September 18, 2025). In summary, the “Formal Summary of Toxicology Findings” e-filed on December 1, 2025, purported to be an official document from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension which purported to show that, “all detected concentrations fall within or near established therapeutic ranges, consistent with prescribed or medically supervised use [of the medications at issue].” Further down the page, the document represented the following: “the report demonstrates no evidence of abuse, overdose, or impairment based on the measured levels.” Still further down the page, the document represents as follows: “these results support that the client's laboratory findings are consistent with compliance to prescribed medical treatment.
The detected substances and concentrations reflect normal therapeutic use of prescribed medications and do not indicate misuse or illicit drug activity. This information may be used to clarify that the positive toxicology results are medically explainable and non-criminal in nature." It should be noted that the “Formal Summary of Toxicology Findings” e-filed on December 1, 2025 did not appear to conform to the usual BCA format and standards of professionalism. After reviewing the documents, Sergeant Anderson attempted to make contact with Perkins, in which he was unsuccessful.
Said Sergeant then proceeded to Thrifty White Pharmacy store in Hibbing and met with a pharmacist. The pharmacist confirmed that she had provided the signed medication list dated November 12, 2025, to Perkins and that the medication list was authentic and accurate. After Perkins and Sergeant Anderson exchanged several phone calls, Perkins agreed to speak with the Sergeant over the phone, as he feared being detained if they met in person. During the statement, Perkins admitted that he had used “artificial intelligence” (AI) to create the report titled “Formal Summary of Toxicology Findings” he filed into file ••-CR-••-•••• on December 1, 2025. 2 ••-CR-••-•••• Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 1/23/2026 Perkins stated that he added pictures of his prescriptions into artificial intelligence, along with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s toxicology report on his blood sample.
