Joseph Wyatt Howard

On April 13, 2026, officers with the Metro Transit Police Department observed a male smoking suspected narcotics on a Metro Transit Bus that was traveling in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Officers boarded the bus and observed the male bending forward near a backpack. Officers believed that the male was attempting to put the suspected narcotics into the backpack. Officers spoke with the male who was identified as Joseph Wyatt Howard [DOB REDACTED] (“Defendant”). Officers found that Defendant had multiple active warrants for his arrest.

Defendant was arrested and escorted off of the bus and towards a squad vehicle. Officers searched Defendant’s backpack and found a container in its front pocket. Inside of the container was a crystal-like substance that later field tested positive for Methamphetamine (“Meth”), a schedule-II controlled substance, and weighed 1.21-grams. Defendant spontaneously told officers that the substance in the container was Meth. On May 19, 2021, Defendant was convicted of felony theft in Olmsted County based on 55-CR-21-983. Defendant was then placed on probation.

On April 6, 2026, a probation violation report was filed into that case and a warrant issued.