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Man faces charge of selling meth
The Geneva resident also faces possession count
Published Friday, October 30, 2009
A 32-year-old Geneva man was charged on Wednesday in Freeborn County District Court with two counts of methamphetamine possession — one of which also included the intent to sell — after deputies found more than 20 grams of meth, a scale and other drug paraphernalia in his residence.
The man, Corey Matthew Anderson, specifically faces one count of first-degree meth possession with the intent to sell and one count of second-degree meth possession after a search warrant was conducted on Monday at 216 Third St. in Geneva by various deputies of Freeborn and Steele counties.
According to the criminal complaint, deputies during the search found:
• Seven ziplock baggies containing about 21 grams of a substance that field-tested positive as methemphetamine.
• A magnetic case containing two meth pipes, a digital scale, a snort tube, various pills and numerous ziplock baggies.
• A black bag containing a large number of ziplock baggies.
•A Smith & Wesson handgun in a safe.
• A gold box containing used snort tubes and a marijuana grinder.
Corey Anderson
During an interview with Anderson in the Freeborn County jail, Anderson told deputies that the meth found in the house was his and that his wife should not be charged with anything, the complaint stated.
He told authorities that he purchases meth for $2,000 an ounce and that he sells it and usually picks it up in the Twin Cities two to three times a week by the ounce or half ounce. The report said he transports it in a magnetic case on the frame of his Chevrolet Blazer.
The complaint stated Anderson told authorities that neither he nor his wife have jobs and that he deals drugs to pay the bills.
His wife has not been charged.
Anderson’s first-degree charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. The second-degree charge carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
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Posted by menace56 (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
bye-bye
Posted by Unimpressed (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You don't have a job, so it's ok to deal drugs to pay bills??? Gee, that sounds like a GREAT excuse to me... I'm pretty sure I saw help wanted ads at a couple fast food places, but selling drugs is SO much more respectable than flipping burgers!!! Ha, NOT!!
Posted by mar (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 11:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
cooperating and sympathy for no job, and save my wife, I wanna be a hero....whatever. How many people has he hurt along the way. Get this crap off the street. If she has no job and excepted drug money for support..she should be tested too. Whatever happened to accomplice. Where did she think his money was coming from? Let's see, he admitted his guilt, fine him, jail him and then long-term supervised probation, so he can never contribute to one of the most leading causes of crime and death.
Posted by Me2 (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at noon (Suggest removal)
I suppose he reported all his earnings to the IRS...
Posted by scurvydog (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Me2 -
I've always found that funny that the tax forms specify that you must claim embezzeled or other illegal income. As if someone is dishonest enough to have illegal income, yet honest enough to report it.
Posted by yoyo (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
what do you think he will get? a week or two in jail ?
Posted by MissIndependent (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree selling drugs is a bad thing and contributes to the death of others. However, no one forces people to buy the drugs. That is a choice they make themselves. So while what he did was wrong, the buyers also have to take some responsibility for themselves.
There is the old saying desperate people do despearte things. I guess he must have felt desperate for money. Unforntunately for him, his mistake will be a costly one for him and his family.
Posted by straitfan (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 3:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
At least the handgun was in a safe.
Posted by Billiam (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 3:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't know why the AL Tribune even mentions the legal handgun. As far as I knew the 2nd amendment still exists in Geneva.
Posted by leftys2221 (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A. How do you know the gun was registrar? and B. I know that making sure that drug dealers can protect their drugs is exactly what the founding fathers were thinking about when they drummed up the second amendment.
Posted by artman (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
wow when he's white know won wants to run all the other whites out of town, like if he was brown or black. wow!
Posted by Warhog (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 6:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
leftys2221............... Why are you afraid of the second amendment, it's not that scary and you knowledge of the subject with the statement you made is extremely limited, check out the constitution it is good reading.
You would not have the first amendment if it was not for the second amendment how is that for a bumpersticker slogan.
Guns are not bad, people are, just look at this perp.
Posted by Billiam (anonymous) on October 30, 2009 at 6:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Lefty, In Minnesota we don't have to register our guns. The Constitution protects all of us.
Posted by TameThaTane (anonymous) on October 31, 2009 at 4:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
OK den...
The significance of the gun to the story is this. In MN as well as many other states the level of a drug crime is greatly enhanced by the presence of a gun. It is automatically assumed to be used as part his drug operation regardless of what it's actually used for. So we'll spend, you and me, nearly a million dollars to the prison system and police to house and take care of this guy. It's ludicrous. Blaming him for someones choice to use meth is like blaming the Kwik Trip clerk for someones choice to smoke. Or blaming the fast food burger seller for your heart bypass surgery. He's not making excuses, he's admitting his crime....telling what he did. I supposed you'd rather have him lie, hire a lawyer and fight the system for a year, right? Wrong...next.
Posted by okiedokie (anonymous) on November 2, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ok i so agree with missindependant what he did was wrong but don't blame him for killing other people they choose to buy it good god and i just feel sorry for this boy and i hope he does get his mom back and she cleans up her life i think she should get a second chance to change her life around.everyone deserves a second chance with smaller crimes like this deserves a second chance.
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