Southeast Minnesota Violent Crime Enforcement Team Seizes Meth Near Rochester Elementary School, 4 Charged

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Four people are facing charges in connection to a drug bust at a home near a Rochester elementary school. 

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The criminal complaint, filed in Olmsted County Court on Wednesday, says law enforcement seized the controlled substances during a raid this past July. 

Members of the Southeast Minnesota Violent Crimes Enforcement Team and the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office executed the search warrant. 

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Four Rochester Residents Charged for Meth Bust at Home Near Sunset Terrace Elementary School

Court documents identify the Rochester residents charged in the case as 40-year-old Jessie Rae Stockamp, 44-year-old Charles Hueber Jr., 42-year-old Turea Dannielle Sam and 44-year-old Eric Gerald Nelson. 

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The charges say investigators discovered a combined 37.6 grams of methamphetamine throughout the home, located across the street from Sunset Terrace Elementary School in northwest Rochester. 

Also in the residence were multiple cellphones, a working digital scale, multiple plastic baggies, various drug paraphernalia and an ash tray with a trace amount of methamphetamine, the charges say. 

Investigators also searched a vehicle parked at the home and located and found a scale and hypodermic needles in a backpack that was in the vehicle’s trunk.

Court documents say the vehicle was registered to Stockamp. 

Nelson and Stockamp are each charged with second-degree drug possession and third-degree drug possession in a school zone. 

Hueber Jr. and Sam are also each facing third-degree drug possession in a school zone charge as well as a fifth-degree drug possession charge. 

All four are scheduled to make their first court appearances next year.