
4 Charged After 30-Pound Meth Shipment Intercepted at MSP Airport
The package was shipped from California before being seized at the airport and used in a series of controlled deliveries across the Twin Cities.
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The package was shipped from California before being seized at the airport and used in a series of controlled deliveries across the Twin Cities.

The charges stem from a Jan. 4 incident at a residence on Fillmore Street Northwest in Elk River after a woman called police and asked for a welfare check on the victim.

According to the criminal complaint filed Thursday, 30-year-old Gerardo Cerda is charged with felony theft by swindle in a scheme that unfolded over several months in 2025 at the Mall of America.

According to the criminal complaint, Tiffany Ann Flowers, of Crystal, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and third-degree assault causing substantial bodily harm.

Krystofer Patrick Brooks is accused in the shooting death of the woman he had been dating for about two years and living with for the past year.

Dashawn Jawaun Newton, 23, is charged in Dakota County with felony false imprisonment, felony threats of violence and misdemeanor fifth-degree assault stemming from the New Year’s Day incident near Crystal Lake.

Regina Diane Burton is charged with felony deprivation of custodial rights after authorities say she failed to return a 14-year-old boy who left his Minneapolis residence around 4 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2025, and never came back.

Kevin Andrew Kass and Chase Aaron Merchant were each charged with felony cruelty to animals resulting in death or great bodily harm and felony torture of a pet or companion animal stemming from an incident on Oct. 17, 2025.

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.

Damien William Quinn, who also used the name Ryan William Shattuck, is accused of posing online as a teenager to solicit and obtain sexually explicit images and videos from victims.

Prosecutors say the assault occurred inside a Saint Paul garage and the woman was later found walking down a roadway covered in blood.

The shooting early saturday morning left the victim with a shattered bone that required surgery.