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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 1/7/2014
SUBJECT: Duluth Man Charged with Selling Methamphetamine
BY: DPD Public Information Officer Jim Hansen (218) 390-2232

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Duluth Man Charged with Selling Methamphetamine
CASE NO.: 14001803
INCIDENT DATE: 1/3/2014
INCIDENT TIME: 5:28 PM
INCIDENT LOCATION: 200 block of North 27th Avenue West

On Friday, January 3rd, 2014 at 5:28 PM members of the Duluth Police Department, Superior Police Department and the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of North 27th Avenue West in Duluth.  

During the search of the residence investigators located 62 grams methamphetamine, a digital scale, approximately $5,000 in cash, and baggies used to package drugs for sale. The renter identified as James Derek Myers, a 31 year old male subsequently admitted to selling methamphetamine out of his residence.  At the time of this arrest Myers was already on probation in Saint Louis County for a previous conviction for selling methamphetamine as well as felony domestic assault. 
James Myers has the following prior felony convictions:
  • 5th Degree Possession of a Controlled Substance
  • 3rd Degree Sale of Methamphetamine
  • Domestic Assault
Myers was arrested and brought to the Saint Louis County Jail and has been formally charged with 1st degree Sale of Methamphetamine.