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[Tim Bisaillon]

An Albert Lea man was charged with selling and possessing marijuana Monday 
after he and a teenage girl were allegedly caught selling the drug while 
walking a baby in a stroller.

About nine grams of marijuana were confiscated from Matthew Rowand, 22, of 
Albert Lea, and about 71 grams were confiscated from a baby bag being held 
by the juvenile female, according to the criminal complaint issued in 
Freeborn County District Court.

The baby in the stroller was taken into protective custody, according to 
police.

Police first became aware of the incident when they received a call from an 
informant stating two individuals were selling marijuana at the McDonald's 
on Main Street in Albert Lea.

The caller described the man as short-haired with a black jacket, according 
to the complaint. The girl was described as having a blue scarf wrapped 
around her head and pushing a baby carriage.

The complaint states officer Ted Herman found two suspects matching those 
descriptions at the corner of Washington Avenue and West William Street. The 
man, who turned out to be Rowand, spoke and exchanged items with someone in 
a gray van, according to the complaint.


Officers searched Rowand and found two baggies of marijuana in one of his 
pockets and a scale in the other pocket, according to the complaint. Two 
large bags of marijuana were found in the female's baby bag, according to 
the complaint.

Rowand was charged with conspiring with a minor to sell marijuana in the 
third degree and fifth-degree conspiracy to possess marijuana.

The charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $35,000 
fine.




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