Four people were charged in Freeborn County District Court last week for methamphetamine and cocaine-related sales or possession after local law enforcement officers conducted search warrants at two unrelated residences in Albert Lea.

As a result of the first search, Stacia Lynn Beers, 25, and Anthony Lee Weber, 26, were charged for instances related to methamphetamine.

Beers, of South Broadway Avenue, was charged with four third-degree meth sales charges and one fifth-degree possession of meth charge.

The third-degree sales charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and the fifth-degree possession carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Weber, of 795th Avenue in Glenville, was charged with fifth-degree possession of meth. Because this could be a subsequent conviction for him, this charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

According to court documents, the search that led to the arrest of Beers and Weber took place at Beers’ residence at about 4 p.m. Nov. 25.

Deputy Corey Farris, of the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Department and Detective Ben Mortensen of the Albert Lea Police Department conducted the search and found Beers and Weber in the upstairs bedroom sitting on a bed, the documents state. Officers observed a meth pipe, which had burned meth residue in it.

In a further search, the officers located three “dime bags” that had about 1/2 grams of meth, several meth pipes, snort tubes and bags with residue, according to documents.

The cocaine sales charges for Beers allegedly occurred because of sales to a task force informant on Oct. 23 and 28 and Nov. 6 and 7, the documents indicated.

The total of all sales was 1.58 grams of cocaine.

In the second instance, Angelita Maria Caballero, 24, and Algermi Martize Smith, 23, were charged with multiple cocaine sales charges.

Both Caballero, of Todd Avenue, and Smith, of Pillsbury Avenue, were charged with one first-degree cocaine sales charge, one second-degree cocaine sales charge and five third-degree cocaine sales charges.

Smith was also charged with one third-degree cocaine possession charge.

The first-degree sales charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine; second-degree sales charges each carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $500,000 fine; and third-degree sales charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The third-degree cocaine possession charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

According to court documents, the search that led to the arrest of Caballero and Smith occurred at a local motel after the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Department investigated illegal narcotics trafficking in six different instances by Smith and Caballero.

The Freeborn County Drug Task Force agent, along with the assistance of the South Central Drug Investigation Unit and the Albert Lea Police Department, executed the search warrant at about 6 p.m. Nov. 25.

Caballero and Smith were stated to have allegedly been involved in supplying cocaine to a cooperating witness, documents state. At the time of the search, Smith was found to be in possession of about 5 grams of cocaine.

Officers also located marijuana, cocaine, baggies, scales, pipes, baking soda and other miscellaneous items, according to a news release last week. An infant child was in the room when officers executed the warrant.

Documents state Smith and Caballero sold cocaine to a Freeborn County Drug Task Force informant twice on Sept. 18, once on Sept. 22, once on Sept. 24, once on Oct. 1 and once on Oct. 21.

The total of all sales was 12.8 grams of cocaine, according to the reports.