CAWPS

Minnesota/Crow Wing County

Episode 8 · Posted October 4, 2026

Out for Delivery

Police open a package of cocaine bound for a crow's workplace, take most of it out, tape it back up and deliver it themselves. Then they pull him over.

Convicted

What the court record says

This episode is about a 40-year-old Minnesota man.Here is what the complaint and the sentencing order say.

  • In June 2023, the Lakes Area Drug Investigative Division and the U.S. Postal Inspector's office began investigating suspicious packages coming from the Laredo, Texas, area to a business in Brainerd, according to court documents.
  • On September 28, investigators executed a federal search warrant on a package bound for a Brainerd address and found approximately 163 grams of cocaine, packaged in a clandestine manner.
  • Law enforcement returned approximately 68 grams of cocaine, mixed with a cutting agent, to the box to conduct a controlled undercover delivery.
  • An undercover agent completed the delivery at the business, where the man accepted the package and then drove away with it.
  • Officers conducted a traffic stop and arrested him. They located a 9 mm handgun and residual amounts of cocaine in the truck.
  • During a search at the jail, a small bag containing approximately 1.7 grams of cocaine was found in his possession.
  • Investigators were aware the package was being tracked using internet addresses registered to a residence and a business owned by a second man, who was also charged.
  • He pleaded guilty on February 10, 2025, and was sentenced to 32 months, all stayed for four years while he serves probation and pays a $135 fine.
Where
A business in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
When
September 28, 2023
Charges
A felony first-degree cocaine possession charge
Status
Pleaded guilty on February 10, 2025. No prison time: a 32-month sentence was stayed for four years of probation, with a $135 fine. He can ask to be discharged from probation halfway through if he complies.

This case ended in a conviction. The facts above come from the court record. The deputies' dialogue in the video is made up. The deputies stand in for the investigators and the undercover agent. The count of tracking checks, the matching tape, the mail-carrier disguises, the hug, the box bursting in the truck and the request to rate the delivery are invented. The court documents say the package was tracked from internet addresses registered to another man's home and business; they do not say who was at the keyboard. The crow has no subtitled line because the reporting quotes nothing he said.

The paperwork, explained

Transcript
  1. On screenBrainerd, Minnesota. September 28, 2023.
  2. Deputy DaleLyle! We got a warrant for the package!
  3. Deputy LyleTen months to retirement. Open it.
  4. Deputy Dale163 grams of cocaine!
  5. Deputy LyleFrom where?
  6. Deputy DaleTexas. Packaged in a clandestine manner.
  7. Deputy LyleIt's in a box, Dale.
  8. Deputy DaleA clandestine box.
  9. On screenMEANWHILE
  10. The crow[caws]
  11. Deputy DaleSomebody at the business keeps checking the tracking.
  12. Deputy LyleHow many times?
  13. Deputy DaleForty-one. Since lunch.
  14. The crow[caws]
  15. Deputy DaleForty-two.
  16. Deputy LyleHe's worried it got lost.
  17. Deputy DaleIt didn't get lost, Lyle. We have it.
  18. Deputy LyleSo we keep it.
  19. Deputy DaleWe keep most of it. Then we put 68 grams back.
  20. Deputy LyleWe're putting the cocaine back.
  21. Deputy DaleMixed with a cutting agent!
  22. Deputy LyleWe are cutting his cocaine.
  23. Deputy DaleThen I tape it back up. I matched his tape job, Lyle.
  24. Deputy LyleAnd then what.
  25. Deputy DaleThen we deliver it!
  26. Deputy LyleWho delivers it.
  27. On screenOUT FOR DELIVERY
  28. Deputy LyleI am a deputy sheriff, Dale. I have been one for twenty-six years.
  29. Deputy DaleAnd today you're a mailman!
  30. Deputy LyleTen months.
  31. Deputy DalePackage for you, sir!
  32. Deputy DaleHe accepted the shipment.
  33. Deputy LyleHe's hugging it.
  34. Deputy DaleShould I get a signature?
  35. Deputy LyleNo.
  36. Deputy DaleHave a great day, sir!
  37. Deputy LyleDon't salute him.
  38. Deputy DaleHe's driving away with the package!
  39. Deputy LyleFollow him.
  40. Deputy DaleIn the mail truck?
  41. Deputy LyleIn the mail truck.
  42. Deputy DaleLyle. I don't think my tape job held.
  43. On screenMOMENTS LATER
  44. Deputy LyleSir. Step out of the truck.
  45. The crow[caws]
  46. Deputy DaleIt's us! The mailmen! We're the police!
  47. Deputy LyleHe can see that, Dale.
  48. Deputy LyleSir. You have something on your beak.
  49. Deputy DaleThat's the cutting agent. That part's ours.
  50. Deputy DaleOne 9 mm handgun. Cocaine residue in the truck. And the package!
  51. Deputy LyleHow much is in the package?
  52. Deputy Dale68 grams.
  53. Deputy LyleIt shipped with a hundred and sixty-three.
  54. Deputy DaleHe's going to leave us a bad review.
  55. On screenIN COURT
  56. Deputy DaleWhen they booked him, they found one more little bag. 1.7 grams.
  57. Deputy LyleHe packed a lunch.
  58. Deputy DaleHe pleaded guilty. No prison. Four years of probation.
  59. Deputy LyleAnd the fine?
  60. Deputy Dale$135.
  61. Deputy LyleA hundred and thirty-five dollars.
  62. Deputy DalePlus shipping.
  63. Deputy DaleLyle. The tracking page updated.
  64. Deputy LyleWhat does it say.
  65. Deputy DaleDelivered. Rate your experience.
  66. Deputy LyleOne star.

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