At approximately 3:49 AM, he saw a vehicle turn left without using its turn signal. It turned into a gas station and Deputy Skinner followed it. As he neared the vehicle in his squad, he saw that it had expired 2024 registration. He initiated a traffic stop. Deputy Skinner identified the driver as ALICIA MARIE STENE, [DOB REDACTED], the above‐named defendant. As Deputy Skinner was talking to the Defendant, she seemed to become increasingly nervous because her voice became raspy, she was avoiding eye contact, and she appeared to be shivering in her seat.
Deputy Skinner asked her where she was coming from and where she was going, and her response did not make sense to him. While running the Defendant’s license, Deputy Skinner learned that the Defendant had one prior conviction for possessing controlled substances. He asked the Defendant if there was anything illegal in the vehicle and, although she initially said no, she admitted to having marijuana with her. She showed him a plastic baggie of marijuana. The marijuana was not packaged in an approved dispensary container.
He asked her to exit the vehicle and again asked if there was anything illegal in it. She replied that there was a bubble pipe in there. She showed him the bubble pipe and saw that it had some residue in it. He then conducted a search of the vehicle. In the vehicle was a black purse, and inside the black purse was a small baggie with a crystal‐like substance inside of it. Deputy Skinner recognized the substance as methamphetamine and it later field tested positive for methamphetamine, a Schedule II Substance.
When asked about it, the Defendant said she must have forgotten it was there. The substance was sent to the lab for testing. The lab results confirmed that it was methamphetamine and determined it weighed 0.4 grams without packaging. A review of the Defendant’s criminal history shows prior controlled substance convictions in Court File Number 13‐CR‐21‐760 on May 10, 2023; in Court File Number 62‐ CR‐14‐4421 on June 17, 2014; and in Court File Number 02‐CR‐10‐5638 on March 8, 2011. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: Pursuant to Minn.
Stat. 609.49, intentional failure to appear for duly scheduled court appearances may result in additional criminal charges, and in addition to any arrest warrant that may otherwise be issued by the Court.
