Suspect Claims Marijuana Sourced from Itasca County

BAUDETTE, MN (trfnews.i234.me) A suspect in a recent arrest in Baudette says her marijuana supply comes from Itasca County, Minnesota.
crystalline Bjerke fortieth but at and nicholas gerald kala eighteen address unknown both face felony drug charges following a traffic stop at timber mill park in Baudette earlier this month according to the statement of probable cause at around 8:25 p.m. on October 15th Lake of the Woods County sergeant been doing and investigator Craig severs conducted a traffic stop based on information they had received that the vehicle contained controlled substances once they stopped the chevrolet cruze the officers identified the driver to be Bjerke and the passenger’s car Yala jerky admitted to having four ounces of marijuana along with THC liquid cartridges in the trunk of the vehicle and consented to a search of the vehicle in the trunk officers discovered a large bag of marijuana weighing approximately 119 grams in a crock-pot ten liquid THC cartridges were located inside the vehicle along with drug paraphernalia including glass smoking pipes Bjerke and car Yala were placed under arrest during a statement Bjerke allegedly stated that her juvenile daughter contacts these suppliers and arranges weekly or bi-weekly purchases Bjerke then travels to Itasca County where the suppliers are located and purchases the controlled substances before returning to Lake of the Woods County where she allegedly distributes them kala also gave a statement allegedly admitting to purchasing the controlled substance substances and subsequently selling them in Lake of the Woods County Bjerke has been charged with one count of controlled substance crime in the third degree sale a felony which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or eight $250,000 fine and one count of aid and abet a controlled substance crime in the fourth degree sale also a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and over a $100,000 fine carry ala has been charged with fourth-degree aid and abet controlled substance crime sale as well as one count of fifth degree aid and abet controlled substance crime possession a felony that carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and/or a ten thousand dollar fine I’m Neil Berg reporting for page one publications com