MINNEAPOLIS — Myon Burrell, 38, was arrested on Thursday and formally charged on Friday with one depend of fifth-degree possession of a managed substance in Hennepin County.
Burrell was launched from jail in 2020 after serving 18 years for the 2002 murder of Tyesha Edwards. Since his 2020 launch, Burrell has been no stranger to the judicial system, at present dealing with expenses for a 2023 arrest the place he was charged with fifth-degree managed substance in addition to gun possession by an ineligible individual.
Based on the legal criticism, officers had obtained a warrant to look Burrell, the white Chevy Tahoe Burrell had been seen driving and the house the place he had been staying in a single day. Based mostly on an investigation involving Hennepin County’s Violent Offender Job Drive, officers took him into throughout a site visitors cease on Thursday.
The legal criticism acknowledged, “officers couldn’t see what was occurring within the automobile,” due to the “darkish tint” on the home windows. Officers found chunks of a managed substance on the “passenger aspect ground of the automobile,” in addition to a capsule that examined constructive for methamphetamine.
Throughout a search of the house the place Burrell at present resides, officers found “a suitcase with $60,000 in money,” and a “enterprise card with the Defendant’s title on it.”
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Burrell is at present in custody at Hennepin County Jail. His bail was set at $75,000 with situations.
His subsequent court docket look is scheduled for Might 13 at 1:30 p.m.