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An Albert Lea man on Monday was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for selling methamphetamine to a confidential informant in June 2024.

Shawn Casey Tope, 45, pleaded guilty in February to one count of second-degree meth sales as part of a plea agreement. He initially faced one count of first-degree meth sales, but the charge was reduced. 

Court documents state Tope sold 31.6 grams of meth to the informant at his home at 205 Giles Place. 

Tope was also sentenced to a concurrent four years and nine months in a separate case, in which he was convicted of third-degree meth possession after an Albert Lea police officer pulled him over for driving with a revoked license in January. He fled and attempted to run into his home but ultimately surrendered before he went into the house. 

He was found with a glass pipe and three small baggies of meth totaling about 10 grams, and officers found a fourth baggie with just shy of 1 gram of meth in his car, according to court documents. 

He had also been charged with fleeing a police officer and driving after revocation, but those charges were dismissed.