Abdilah Abdilkadir Sheikh-Mursal is charged with five counts of first-degree drug possession and two counts of possessing firearms while prohibited due to prior violent crimes.

According to the criminal complaints, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper was briefed on Jan. 8 by officers conducting surveillance on a man who investigators say had just engaged in a suspected drug transaction involving a Toyota Camry.

Prosecutors have charged Torrence Lomanthro Gray, 50, and his brother, Dominic Lamont Gray, 43, in connection with a narcotics and firearms investigation.

The package was shipped from California before being seized at the airport and used in a series of controlled deliveries across the Twin Cities.

Investigators say the Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force first identified people connected to the operation in May 2023 while looking into local drug activity and firearm-related violence.

Investigators stress that even occasional or recreational use of these drugs can carry serious risk due to the potency of fentanyl and the difficulty of detecting it without testing.

According to a criminal complaint, Mark Darrel Steffes is charged with first-degree sale of a controlled substance and first-degree possession of a controlled substance following an investigation by the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office.

Multiple callers reported someone pulling copper wire from the base of streetlights, noting that lights in the area were out. Callers said two people were involved and were last seen heading eastbound on Jessamine Avenue.

Deputies on routine patrol observed a black Ford Explorer traveling north with a passenger-side headlight out and extensive cracking across the front windshield. After initiating a traffic stop, deputies reported smelling raw marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.

Authorities say the arrests led to multiple felony charges against the man they took into custody and a separate drug possession charge against a woman at his residence.

Rosario Salas Fierro, 29, his brother, 30-year-old Jose Cesar Salas Fierro, and 27-year-old Grayson Joseph Madrigal each face a first-degree controlled substance charge for possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.

The sentencing comes more than two years after the victim overdosed in July 2023, a death authorities traced back to a Detroit-based supply chain that moved fentanyl into Wisconsin and Minnesota.

According to the charges, investigators say 56-year-old Tracey Andrea Flex was babysitting the two-year-old girls on Nov. 16 when she called for help shortly before 2:50 p.m.

Ethan Richard Rorman, of Coon Rapids, and his uncle, Jantje C. Rorman, of Big Lake, were charged after deputies found multiple explosive components, controlled substances and a sawed-off shotgun.

Investigators later found large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and a gun inside his apartment during a search warrant.

Jamond Leroy Glass was previously employed as a civilian in the department’s nonfatal shooting unit before being placed on administrative leave and later terminated.

The jury found 48-year-old Damien Duwjan Shade guilty of attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court records, law enforcement conducted a controlled drug buy on March 3, 2025, using a confidential informant, who arranged to buy $30,000 of meth from a trafficker under investigation.

The suspects were formally charged Friday in Sherburne County District Court with multiple drug-related offenses including first-, third- and fifth-degree controlled substance crimes and storing methamphetamine paraphernalia in the presence of children.

Haley Marie Ross, 24, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting third-degree murder for her role in distributing a controlled substance that caused her roommate's death in December 2022.