Edward Ortiz Sanchez

At around 12:45 AM on May 29, 2026, Trooper Noxon saw a Yamaha motorcycle without a license plate on Interstate 35E near Maryland Avenue, St. Paul, Ramsey County. When Trooper Noxon got behind the bike it accelerated at speeds over 100 miles per hour. Trooper Noxon turned on his squad’s emergency lights and sirens and pursued the bike. The bike slowed and exited onto eastbound Highway 36. The driver, later identified as the defendant, EDWARD ORTIZ SANCHEZ [DOB REDACTED], again accelerated away from the squad.

Trooper Noxon saw the defendant’s arms were covered in tattoos, and he had a black backpack on him. The bike exited at Edgerton Street, and Trooper Noxon discontinued the pursuit. The defendant continued into the neighborhood. A deputy located the defendant on the bike at Roselawn Avenue near McMenemy Street. The defendant again spontaneously fled. The deputy and a trooper located the defendant again near Rice Street and McCarron’s Boulevard. The defendant slowed almost to a stop, tipped over, and fell off the bike.

Officers took the defendant into custody. The defendant’s driver’s license was cancelled inimical to public safety. The motorcycle had been reported stolen in 2022. Officers realized the defendant no longer had his backpack. The defendant protested he did not have a backpack. Officers recovered a black backpack near [ADDRESS REDACTED] West, Roseville, Ramsey County. The backpack contained paperwork in the defendant’s name and packages of suspected drugs. The defendant passed through the area where his backpack was recovered when trying to avoid law enforcement.

The contents of two of the bags in the backpack tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine and weighed a combined total of 78.9 grams in its packaging. The defendant has 7 prior felony convictions dating back to 2003 including a federal conviction for methamphetamine distribution.