Quinn August Knudsvig

On October 11, 2025, around 1:51 P.M., law enforcement observed a male, later identified as Quinn August Knudsvig [DOB REDACTED], defendant herein, walking around University Avenue NE and 90th Lane NE, Blaine, Anoka County, attempting to conceal his face from law enforcement and walking across University Avenue without a crosswalk. Law enforcement observed defendant go into a nearby hotel where hotel staff told law enforcement that defendant ran through their hotel and jumped into a dumpster. Law enforcement detained defendant due to his strange behavior and discovered he had felony warrants for his arrest.

Defendant was then arrested. In a search incident to arrest, law enforcement found a scrunched-up dollar bill and tin toil that had fallen out of defendant’s pants. Officers located a white powdery substance inside the dollar bill that field-tested positive for 0.91 grams of cocaine. The white powdery substance was then sent to the Midwest Regional Forensic Laboratory for testing. The lab discovered that the substance was 0.697 grams of a mixture of fentanyl and medetomidine. Defendant received a stay of adjudication for felony drug possession in the fifth degree in district court file ••-CR-••-•••• in November 2024.