Richard Edward Bell

On April 22, 2026, Minneapolis Police Officers received information from a Confidential Informant that a male in the area of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, who was selling crack cocaine and other controlled substances outside of Popeye's on Chicago Avenue South near Lake Street East. The Confidential Informant advised Officers of the suspect's likeness and that he was associated with a silver van. Officers located the suspect who was eventually identified as RICHARD EDWARD BELL, Defendant herein, and the silver van through cameras located in the area.

Officers approached the Defendant with their squad light activated. The Defendant ran from Officers while being commanded to stop. The Defendant then ran into a bus stop sign and fell to the ground where he was placed under arrest. In a search incident to arrest, Officers located twelve individual baggies of suspected crack cocaine in his pocket. The baggies individually weighed as follows: 1. 0.16 grams 2. 0.33 grams 3. 0.15 grams 4. 0.16 grams 5. 0.13 grams 6. 0.15 grams 7. 0.30 grams 8. 0.33 grams 9. 0.32 grams 10. 0.28 grams 11. 0.13 grams 12. 0.33 grams The total combined weight of the FTP cocaine (without packaging) was 2.77 grams.

In the Defendant's vehicle, Officers also located similar individual baggies of suspected Marijuana. Officers also located an open and partially consumed alcoholic container in the front cupholder. The vehicle registered to the Defendant. The Defendant is currently out of custody.