Search of Rochester Best Western Hotel Rooms Leads to Cocaine, Methamphetamine & Fentanyl Bust

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Three southeast Minnesotans have been charged in connection with a drug bust that involved a pair of rooms at the Best Western Hotel in southwest Rochester. 

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Court documents say the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office seized nearly 90 grams of meth, over five grams of cocaine and nearly a gram of fentanyl.

Deputies served the warrants on Friday. 

Three People Charged Following Rochester Fentanyl, Cocaine and Methamphetamine Bust

25-year-old Gabrielle Marie Schindlbeck of Winona, 27-year-old Krystianna Monae-Amore Wiley of Rochester and 31-year-old Shaketio Antonio Webster of Rochester are each facing felony drug charges. 

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Deputies served search warrants for two rooms at the hotel. During their search of the first room, law enforcement encountered Wiley and ordered her out of the room. 

Fentanyl and Meth Found at Hotel

She informed deputies that she had fentanyl in her purse. The fentanyl weighed 0.9 grams, the charges say. 

Schindlbeck was the sole occupant of the second room searched by law enforcement.

During the room search, law enforcement located 76.7 grams of meth in a baggie, according to the complaints. Also in the room was a set of keys to a vehicle belonging to Webster.

Schindlbeck also had baggies and a glass pipe on her at the time of her arrest, court documents say.

Cocaine and Meth Discovered During Traffic Stop

Authorities then conducted a traffic stop on Webster. While complying with orders to exit the vehicle, a small baggie was seen dropping from Webster’s person, the charges say. 

Webster is then alleged to have resisted law enforcement and was taken to the ground before being placed in the back of a squad vehicle, the complaints say. 

Video from inside of the squad vehicle showed Webster removing baggies from his crotch and throwing them on the vehicle’s floor, according to court documents. 

In all, deputies found 5.6 grams of cocaine and 11.7 grams of methamphetamine after stopping Webster. Authorities also found a key belonging to the hotel room Schindlbeck was in, the charges say. 

Schindlbeck is charged with first-degree drug possession, Monae-Amore Wiley is facing a fifth-degree drug possession count and Webster is charged with first and fifth-degree drug possession and misdemeanor obstructing the legal process. 

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Schindlbeck was released without bail. Conditional bail was set at $10,000 for Monae-Amore Wiley and Webster’s bail was set at $50,000 without conditions. 

Monae-Amore Wiley and Webster are due back in court later this month. Schindlbeck’s next court date is scheduled for next month.