Rochester Man Charged With Drug Sales Amid Ongoing Investigation

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A narcotics investigation has resulted in the filing of felony drug charges against a Rochester man.

That’s according to a criminal complaint filed in Olmsted County Court on Friday. The Rochester Police Department began the investigation in April of 2024.

The alleged sale occurred at a home in Rochester.

Rochester Man Accused of Selling 200 Fentanyl Pills to Police Informant

25-year-old Jomari Earl Alexander is charged with one count each of first-degree drug sales and first-degree drug possession.

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The court document says investigators arranged a controlled buy with Alexander using an informant in the Spring of 2024. The informant used pre-recorded money to purchase hundreds of blue M-30 pills.

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The pills purchased by the informant tested positive for fentanyl and weighed 21.5 grams. That weight equates to roughly 200 fentanyl pills, the court document says.

Conviction Tied to Deadly October 2020 Shooting

Court records indicate Alexander was convicted of aiding an offender in a 2020 case involving a shooting at the Essex Park Apartment Complex in Rochester.

The shooting resulted in one person being killed and another being wounded.

Alexander, who was not the shooter, was sentenced to two years probation in April of 2024.

The court document indicates the alleged drug sale happened while Alexander was on probation for his conviction in the shooting case.

Alexander was booked into the Olmsted County Jail on Thursday afternoon for the drug case.

He was released without bail following his arraignment Friday morning and is due back in court later this Summer.

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