A Brooklyn Park man told deputies he did not know who the southeast bedroom belonged to, the room where most of the 191 grams of cocaine in the residence was found, according to a Hennepin County complaint.
Deputies served a high-risk search warrant at about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 5 after a months-long narcotics investigation. The complaint says Joshua Keyound Bausal, 53, had been captured on video conducting hand-to-hand transactions at Target Field on Oct. 8. Deputies could see him through the living room window and ordered him to open the door. When he did not, they breached it.
Inside, deputies found a box of .357 magnum ammunition, an unloaded Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver, more than $7,000 in cash and multiple packages of narcotics. The complaint lists about 145.74 grams of field-test positive cocaine, 23.29 grams and 19.52 grams of field-test positive crack cocaine and 2.79 grams of suspected cocaine in packaging, for a total of 191.34 grams. Most of it was in the southeast bedroom.
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In a statement after a Miranda warning, Bausal admitted to occasionally buying cocaine and having cocaine in the home, the complaint says. He also said he possessed the gun for a friend and knew he was not supposed to have guns. He said he knew his DNA would be found on it.
Bausal is charged in Hennepin County District Court in a complaint filed Nov. 6 with first-degree sale of 17 grams or more of cocaine or methamphetamine within a 90-day period and first-degree possession of 50 grams or more. The complaint lists the maximum sentence for each as 40 years and/or a fine of $300,000 to $1 million. He is also charged with possessing ammunition or a firearm after a conviction for a crime of violence, a felony with a maximum sentence the complaint lists as 15 years and/or a $30,000 fine. The complaint says he has a prior felony conviction. A judge set bail at $100,000.
