Charges: Child Present During Bust of Rochester Drug Dealing Operation

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Rochester felon is facing multiple charges after a law enforcement raid on his home. 

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That’s according to a criminal complaint filed in Olmsted County Court on Monday. 

Members of the Southeast Minnesota Violent Crimes Enforcement Team, Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office and Rochester Police Department executed the search warrant in southwest Rochester Friday morning. 

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A four-year-old child was present at the time of the search. The complaint also names a woman who was present at the home during the raid but has yet to be charged.

Rochester Man Facing Drug and Weapons Charges Following Raid on His Home

32-year-old Charles Antonio Webster is charged with possession of a firearm as a felon, negligent storage of a firearm in the presence of a child, aiding and abetting third-degree cannabis sales and fifth-degree drug possession. 

The court document says law enforcement found a loaded handgun out of its case on a shelf about five feet above the floor during their search of the home. 

Authorities also located a loaded handgun magazine, a spent shell casing, a box of ammunition and a Glock BB gun in Webster’s bedroom, the complaint says. 

Law enforcement also found more than a pound of cannabis flower on a table in the living room, 1.4 grams of cocaine in the bedroom, more than $16,000 in cash, two working scales and an apparent ledger, the charges say. 

Court records indicate Webster has two prior convictions of felon in possession of a firearm. He was also convicted twice of fifth-degree drug possession. 

Webster’s bail was set at $500,000 following his first court appearance Monday. He is due back in court later this month.