Your complainant is an Officer with the Owatonna Police Department. Investigation has revealed that on November 4, 2025 at approximately 9:03 pm, Officer Helget responded to a report of a "slumper" in a red car on Bridge St, in Owatonna, County of Steele. Upon arrival, Officer Helget saw a male sitting on the rear bumper of Mayo Ambulance being evaluated. The male was later identified as Jared Ross Hudelson [DOB REDACTED]. Hudelson stated he was on his way home from a UPS drop box in Owatonna (after dropping something off) to Linden St. Hudelson stated he got tired so he pulled over to sleep.
Officer Helget looked into the car Hudelson was driving, MN LIC/LLU243. In plain view Officer Helget could see several vials of liquid items lying on the floor scattered. Officer Helget also saw a hypodermic needle on the floor as well as a needle cap on the driver's seat. Officer Helget saw the back window on the driver's side was broken. Officer Helget asked about the broken window, and Officer Helget was informed that medics were unable to get Hudelson to wake up by knocking and banging on the car and window, so they broke the rear window.
Hudelson stated the vials were "Zepbound" - a diet drug he is prescribed. There were no prescription containers in the vehicle. Hudelson stated the labels were probably at his house. Officer Helget requested Hudelson to perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST's). Hudelson stated he had no physical issues with his head, back, legs or feet. During the walk and turn, Hudelson used the starting position as step one, so only took eight steps. Hudelson did not step heel to toe each time. During the one leg stand, Hudelson used his arms for balance several times, and put his foot down due to losing his balance.
Due to observing suspected drug items in plain view, Hudelson's car was searched. On the driver's side floor, a plastic food storage type container was turned upside down. There were several vials of of different sizes with various colors of a liquid substance that were under the container. The vials had handwritten letters "HER", "Cok 40mg", "MTH11/2", MJO 11/1", "HER BR 10/xx" on them. A clear container had brown powdery contents and was labeled with "Germany 1". There was a hypodermic needle also on the floor.
In the center console there were additional hypodermic needles and a tin with bubble pack pills. Between the driver's seat and the center console Officer Helget observed a hypodermic needle without a cap on it. This needle appeared to have fresh blood inside the "neck" of the syringe. Officer Martin assisted with the search of the vehicle and located a grey cloth bag with a combination lock on it that was unlocked on the passenger seat. Inside the cloth bag was a small, clear tackle box. Inside the tackle box, were loose pills.
