Last weekend, officers of the Albert Lea Police Department and Deputies with the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office partnered with probation officers from the Department of Corrections and Freeborn County Court Services to perform home visit checks on subjects on probation.

These checks resulted in 8 people being taken into custody.  All 8 suspects were charged in Freeborn County Court this week.

Albert Lea Police tell ABC 6 NEWS that they believe this is part of a larger problem of increased drug activity in Albert Lea and Freeborn County.

Of the people taken into custody, 6 of these resulted in new charges of possession of methamphetamine, with 5 subjects being arrested at a single residence in Freeborn County.


Arrested:

The Albert Lea Police Department reports that someone stole $11,000 worth of steak and seafood from the back of a truck.  Police say the truck was parked in the parking lot of the Knight's Inn. 

Authorities say the call came in just before 9pm Thursday.

A Hollandale man faces a rare charge in Freeborn County. He's been charged for being married to two women at the same time. The Freeborn County Attorney says this is an unusual case in Minnesota.

It's something long time Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson has never dealt with before. “I have practiced law here in Freeborn County for 35 years and I can't remember ever dealing with a person or case where a person had been charged with bigamy,” said Nelson.

In Freeborn County court Monday afternoon, Wayne Demay plead not guilty to a felony charge of bigamy.

"Based upon the information that was presented to me in the investigation that was done in this case, it appeared that we had an appropriate case to charge, and so I charged it,” said Nelson.

According to the criminal complaint, Demay's first wife told the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office that she married Wayne Demay in 2003.