Man facing 10 felony drug charges

Published 2:29 pm Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A 35-year-old Albert Lea man was charged in Freeborn County District Court on Tuesday with 10 felony drug sales charges for allegedly selling marijuana, cocaine and heroin to a drug task force informant.

Eric Richard Meyer was arrested over the weekend. He faces the following charges:

Eric Meyer

• One count of second-degree sale of 3 grams or more of cocaine or heroin.

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• Three counts of third-degree sale of cocaine.

• Two counts of third-degree sale of heroin.

• Four counts of fifth-degree sale of marijuana.

Court documents allege Meyer sold 37 grams of marijuana, 3.7 grams of cocaine and .3 grams of heroin after a series of occasions.

Freeborn County District Court Judge Steve Schwab ordered Meyer, who appeared in custody Tuesday, be held on $60,000 unconditional bail or $30,000 conditional bail for the file involving the alleged cocaine and heroin sales. He ordered $10,000 unconditional bail or $5,000 conditional bail for each of the four marijuana sales files.

In total, Meyer will have to pay $50,000 and abide by conditions of release if he wishes to be released from the Freeborn County jail. Or, he would have to pay $100,000 unconditional bail.

Meyer agreed to abide by the conditions in court Monday, including reporting to Freeborn County Court Services three days a week, signing a waiver of extradition, not using alcohol or mood-altering chemicals, staying away from bars, obeying the law and being subject to random testing.

Meyer has previously been convicted of possession of methamphetamine in January 2004.