Crime & Safety
Drug Task Force Executes Warrant; Inver Grove Woman Charged
Lisa Marie Clausen, 33, is charged with fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance (prior conviction).
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A 33-year-old Inver Grove Heights woman was charged with a felony after the Dakota County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at an Inver Grove home in August.
Lisa Marie Clausen is charged with fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance (prior conviction), which is punished by between six months and 10 years in jail and a fine of between $6,000 and $20,000.
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According to the Dakota County criminal complaint, released this week:
Task force officers executed the search warrant at about 3:35 p.m. Aug. 28. After locating a person in the residence, officers searched the home and allegedly found two plastics bags containing a white substance in the master bedroom. A preliminary test showed the substance contained trace amounts of methamphetamine.
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Officers then allegedly found plastic bags with a scoop and spoon in the master bedroom. Reportedly located under a nightstand were a document in Clausen's name and a playing card with white residue.
The complaints says Clausen was convicted of fifth-degree controlled substance crime in 2006.
Clausen was issued a summons to appear in Dakota County District Court.