On November 26, 2025, officers with the Rochester Police Department executed a search warrant at the residence of ANTONIA MARIA SHAARON JOHNSON, [DOB REDACTED]. The search warrant had been granted following an identity theft investigation conducted by Detective Rademacher with the Rochester Police Department. Through this investigation, Detective Rademacher learned that Johnson lived in Northwest Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, and this residence was the location for the November 26 search warrant.
No one was inside the residence when officers arrived to execute the warrant. Detective Powell with the Rochester Police Department located a pink Apple iPad and a MacBook Pro laptop in the Northeast bedroom. Detective Bartsch with the Rochester Police Department located a prescription pill bottle bearing Johnson's name in the Northeast bedroom. Detective Rademacher also located multiple photographs of Johnson as well as a school identification card bearing Johnson's name inside the residence. Detective Kendrick with the Rochester Police Department searched a room contained what he estimated to be more than 100 purses.
In one of the purses, he located a receipt from a Rochester restaurant. Johnson's name was associated with the card used for that purchase. In another purse, Detective Kendrick located 8 stacks of US currency held together with rubber bands. The currency was counted and determined to be approximately $75,000. Detective Jacobsen with the Rochester Police Department searched the living room, where he located a shoe box containing a bottle containing Mannitol, sandwich baggies, plastic bag, white plastic bag, and digital scales.
Based on his training and experience, he knew these items are commonly used in drug sales. Detective Riley with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office reviewed the contents of the shoe box and recognized the contents to be a "drug kit," as the Mannitol powder is a cutting agent is used to increase the volume of cocaine. He also saw the baggies and scale had a residue on them. Detective Riley squeezed a portion of the plastic bag and observed the texture to be crunchy and grainy like cocaine or methamphetamine.
He transported the shoe box to the Olmsted County Adult Detention and reviewed the contents, which included multiple bags of presumptive-positive cocaine. The substances located in Johnson's apartment were sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) for confirmatory testing. According to the BCA test results, the shoe box in Johnson's living room contained 116.576 grams of fentanyl and 111.423 grams of cocaine. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: YOU MUST APPEAR FOR EVERY COURT HEARING REGARDING THIS CASE. FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR COURT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL CHARGES BEING IMPOSED AND PUNISHED AS PROVIDED IN MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 609.49.
