Carlton Jj Thomas

That on January 30, 2026, at approximately 2:55 P.M., officers monitoring cameras at the Light Rail Station on Lake Street in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, observed a male, subsequently identified as CARLTON JJ THOMAS, hereafter defendant, smoking narcotics off tinfoil and then hand a bindle of suspected narcotics to a female. Officers arrived in the area and attempted to detain defendant and the female. Defendant broke free and fled on foot. After a protracted foot chase, officers apprehended defendant.

During a search of defendant's person incident to arrest, officers recovered suspected fentanyl in numerous bindles. The substance in two of the bindles was tested, tested positive for fentanyl, and the combined weight of the substances in all of the bindles weighed more than one gram. At present, defendant is in custody.