Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Major Drug Bust on MN Interstate

Moorhead, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Rochester man charged in a significant northwest Minnesota drug bust has entered a guilty plea.

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He was charged in Clay County Court this past July. The Moorhead Police Department said officers found the large stash of drugs during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 near Barnesville.

Moorhead Police previously said investigators believed the drugs were set to be delivered to the Fargo-Moorhead area to be sold in that community.

Moorhead Police Dept. photo

Rochester, MN Man Pleads Guilty to I-94 Fentanyl & Cocaine Bust

The traffic stop led to the discovery of approximately 1000 M30 fentanyl pills and 13 grams of cocaine. Authorities identified the driver as 33-year-old Antonio Deandre Johnson of Rochester.

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Johnson was charged with aggravated first-degree drug sales, two additional first-degree drug charges for sale and possession and a third-degree drug possession charge.

Court records indicate the aggravated drug charge was dismissed this past October due to no probable cause.

Clay County Courthouse. Google

Johnson, who demanded a jury trial in October, reversed course and entered a plea agreement on Thursday. The plea deal calls for Johnson to admit to the first-degree drug sales charge.

He is scheduled to be sentenced in February and remains in custody on $1.5 million conditional bail at the Clay County Jail in Moorhead.