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Couple faces 14 felony drug charges
Published Wednesday, December 16, 2009
An Austin couple faces a combined 14 felony drug charges after a Friday police search at their home.
Tiffany De’An Poppa, 29, and Keith Ardis Parker, 19, were charged Monday with several counts each of third- and fifth-degree drug possession, as well as with possessing chemical substances and drug paraphernalia in the presence of a child.
They are both scheduled for arraignment Dec. 23 and are being held on $250,000 bail, or $25,000 with court conditions.
According to a criminal complaint, the two were home when officials from Austin police, the Mower County Sheriff’s Department and the Southeast Minnesota Narcotics and Gang Task Force arrived for a 8:30 a.m. search.
In the couple’s bedroom, agents found 18 grams of marijuana, 3 grams of crack cocaine, a vial of methamphetamine and a bottle of the prescription painkiller Vicodin.
They also found numerous items used in the production of meth, including Coleman camp fuel, plastic tubing, a funnel and drain cleaner. A recipe to make meth was found under the bed.
The two were arrested. Poppa said she only used marijuana but she later tested positive for meth.
Another meth recipe was found on Parker while at the jail.
Poppa’s 7-year-old child was located at school and transferred to the custody of Mower County Human Services.
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Posted by johnypopper1 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What are these morons thinking..........wait a minute there is nothing left to think with obviousley, this stuff around a seven year old kid? Hope they lost any chance of getting their kid back until they are cleaned up. Hats off again to all the Austin PD, Sheriffs Department.....keep up the good work.
Posted by izone (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 6:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Way to go Drug task force and KUDOS to all who were involved in the strategic moves that were used to apprehend these people. Making Austin a better place to live one move at a time.
Posted by sherwood22 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Great work on the part of Law Enforcement!!!!!!!!! Get rid of these people. Very sad regarding the 7 year old, there is simply nothing the child can do. Human Services give this kid a chance somewhere.
Posted by 4u2nv (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 10:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It is nice to see positive comments for once about local law enforcement, I do have to agree keep up the good work.
Posted by metisman (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Endangering a child like that makes me sick. Please, please place her with someone who will love and appreciate her.
Kudos to the police!
Posted by andy55912 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 1:03 p.m.
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Posted by Rhino (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Awwww Poor Andy55912. Were your parents druggies? And do you need some counceling? Oh and 14 felony drug charges is a little more then just a consumer. And they made them illegal because they made people do stupid things and cause accidents that killed people and brain cells. Do you know what i mean? Or shall i get the crayons and paper out again and draw you a picture? And as for the kid.... parents doing drugs around the kid will do far more damage then if the kid ended up in a foster home!
Posted by izone (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well said Rhino
Posted by justsayin2 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 1:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
andy55912.........when was cocaine and meth ever legal? Besides the cops need to start somewhere and why not with them? The accused will probably start telling them where they get it, which in turn will hopefully lead to more arrests to the scumbag drug dealers of Austin. Good job to all the Law Enforcement envolved!
Posted by andy55912 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.
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Posted by andy55912 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 2:21 p.m.
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Posted by ruserious (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 2:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
justsayin2...ever heard of "Coca" cola. Where do you think the name came from idiot.
Posted by andy55912 (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
so much for free speech, even the herald is a corrupt pile
Posted by dancrue (anonymous) on December 16, 2009 at 8:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey Andy... Just put your email out there. Then you can argue all you want with the other people.
Posted by chiodos (anonymous) on December 19, 2009 at 6:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Was someone defending drugs or what? Nice.....
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