On July 3, 2025, at approximately 2:30 AM, officers were dispatched to a senior assisted living facility in Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, on report of suspicious activity. The reporting party indicated that there was one black male and one black female who were in the underground parking garage of the assisted living facility and stated that those two individuals did not live there. Officers arrived in the area and the reporting party pointed out the two individuals who were seen inside the senior assisted living facility, as those two individuals had since left the building and were across the street heading east.
Officers made contact with the two individuals, who were identified as I. K. B. And LAWRENCE FREDRICK POPE [DOB REDACTED]. When asked why they were in the parking garage, I. K. B. Told officers that her grandma lives there, and she went to visit her. When asked which unit her grandmother lives in, I. K. B. Could not remember. When asked why she was visiting her grandma at 2:30 in the morning, I. K. B. Said that her grandma was not awake and that’s why they ended up leaving. POPE told officers he was just with I. K. B. Because they were “trying to get a ride.” POPE said that while inside the building, he was just “waiting around” and claimed he didn’t know what I. K. B might have been doing inside.
I. K. B. Had a bag with her. I. K. B. Did not allow officers to search her bag, but she did open the bag, shuffled through the contents, and allowed the officers to watch her do that. A screwdriver was seen inside the bag. I. K. B. And POPE were released from the scene and left on foot. Officers took a full statement from the reporting party. Reporting Party stated that her mother lives at the building and she was visiting. She stated that she saw the two individuals in the vestibule area of the senior assisted facility, appearing to be waiting for someone to let them in.
She later saw them in the underground parking garage, where they exited out the garage and walked away. Both individuals had backpacks on. After speaking with the reporting party, officers surveyed the area surrounding the walking the path that I. K. B. And POPE were seen traveling. A black backpack was located in the spot where the two individuals were initially seen walking, hidden behind the tall grass on the path. Inside the backpack, officers located: several phone charges, a white iPhone lightning charging cable, bolt cutters, screwdriver, 2 19HA-CR-26-409 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 3/25/2026 under armor brand gloves, a black Nike facemask, a cell phone with the lock screen of I. K. B., a small handbag with two plastic bags of suspected illegal controlled substances.
In the handbag, there was a handbag that held seven folded pieces of papers which, inside, contained a white crystalized powder, suspected to be controlled substances. While the officers were still in the area, I. K. B. And POPE returned to the scene. They told officers they returned to retrieve I. K. B.’s backpack, which had been left behind. POPE told officers the backpack belonged to I. K. B., and I. K. B. Confirmed the backpack that was found was hers. The contents of the bags found in I. K. B.’s backpack were preliminarily tested, and the test indicated the presence of fentanyl in two bags.
