Woman gets probation in 2016 drug bust
Published 9:01 am Sunday, April 9, 2017
A 33-year-old Austin woman will serve 30 years of probation for her role in a 2016 drug bust.
Tangelia Patrice Jones was sentenced Friday in Mower County District Court to a stayed 33-month prison term for third-degree sale of a narcotic. As long as she follows 19 conditions and pays $135 in fees, she’ll serve 30 years of supervised probation. She received credit for eight days served.
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According to court records, Austin police and United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents executed a search warrant at 802 12th Ave. SW At 5:53 a.m. on June 16, 2016.
Stephanie Behrends, 30, of Austin and Brianna Constance Kay Ober, 21, were in the home and are known associates of a drug dealer.
Police seized about 30 grams of heroin and 80 grams of crack cocaine. The suspects showed officers the drugs were located in Ober’s shoes near the front door.
Officers also gathered information on each suspect through informants and observed drug sales to arrest the other suspects.
Ober was previously sentenced to a stayed 21-month prison term for third-degree drug possession of a narcotic, meaning she’ll only serve prison time if she fails to follow 20 conditions.
She will serve 20 years of supervised probation and must complete 40 hours of community service
Behrends pleaded guilty last October to felony third-degree drug possession, while a felony first-degree drug possession charge was dismissed. She’s due for sentencing April 13.
Others charged in the incident include:
—Ernest Pitchford, 37, pleaded guilty to a felony count of conspiracy to commit third-degree sale of a narcotic as part of a plea agreement, while three other third-degree drug crime charges and second-degree drug sales counts, all felonies, were dismissed.
—Carolyn Michelle Molhusen, 25, of Austin pleaded guilty on Jan. 20 to third-degree sale of a narcotic and is due for sentencing on April 27.
—Amy Beth Wagner, 25, of Austin pleaded not guilty to felony second-degree drug sales in a park zone and felony third-degree drug sales, both subsequent offenses.
